The speed with which things are unravelling for Labour at the moment is quite extraordinary. But the big question is, can Gordon recover?
I’ve always been inclined to say yes. Brown is nothing if not resilient as his ability to remain the heir apparent for 13 years demonstrated. But there are reasons to believe that Gordon really might be John Major circa 1994. First, the current set of crises is obscuring other bad news for the government not good news. Just take Britain’s tumble down the educational league tables which have not got nearly as much attention as they should because of all these events. Second, the government’s political judgement appears to have gone missing along with the child benefit data. It is quite extraordinary that after the very public criticism of the under-funding of the military by five former chiefs of the defence staff, the cabinet is now considering cutting
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