Gordon Brown has been asked by LabOUR Commission members and others to support an open and transparent policy consultation from now on. The letter can be seen here. To win the next election in the light of last night's election results, putting Labour third on 24% of the vote so far, will require a herculean effort. He could rely on his prowess as a manager of the economy, and the consoling thought that this is just mid-tem blues.
As a prudent man, you would have thought this was the time when he would want to make sure loyal Labour supporters were behind him - not to knife him in the back, but to get Labour's message across better in the pubs, at work and the corner shop.
There were too many of us out campaigning (and not for the first time) who are doing so despite Labour in government. Now is the time to ask: are you with us Gordon, or willing to risk opposition by pretending to listen, but actually ignoring us?
