Country Demands Gordon Call A General Election
After taking a pasting at the polls on Thursday, obtaining a meagre 26% of the popular vote and losing control of the Scottish Parliament, Gordon must be wondering what message the general public are trying to send him. Blair, having promised to serve a full third term, looks set to take the money and run next week, looking forward to having more free time to spend “up George Bush’s arse” in the future, as the BBC suggested on Have I Got News For You. Gordon, meanwhile, is facing virtually no opposition in the leadership contest - most likely because in the next 2 years the job of Prime Minister will undoubtedly become a poison chalice as the chaos caused by his economic mismanagement while in No. 11 begins to unfold.
There can be only one message to take from Thursdays humiliation for Gordon - the public doesn’t want you as Prime Minister, and therefore you must call a general election once you take over as leader of the Labour party. The Tory’s election campaign slogan from 2005 of “vote Blair, get Brown” appears to have come true, and the country at large is lodging its protest vote here and now.
With the polls looking awful, allegations of electoral fraud in Leeds and severe mismanagement of the chaos that has occured concerning the Scottish ballot papers, things aren’t looking too promising for a Brown premiership. The Scotsman highlights Gordon’s difficulties north of the border:
GORDON Brown yesterday suffered a massive personal blow to his status as prime-minister-in-waiting after the party he aspires to lead lost an election in his own backyard.
The Chancellor had played a major role in the Scottish Labour Party campaign, both with repeated public visits, and as a key strategist behind the scenes.
Yesterday’s disastrous result for Labour could set up years of constitutional wrangles for Mr Brown, who is likely to have to fend off attacks from the SNP in Edinburgh.
The message is clear to Gordon - the nation demands an election.
Peter Dutton said,
May 20, 2007 @ 8:12 pm
The change of PM demands an election, whether internally in the labour party, or in the country. We should be given the opportunity to vote for or against the election of Brown as PM.