Fraser says that the Labour conference in Brighton is like an Irish wake: People are happy to see each other, but sad at the circumstances of the gathering. Shouldn’t that be the other way round? At least you know what you’re supposed to feel at a funeral; there’s none of the bittersweet sensation that can accompany a wedding, nor any nagging suspicion that the party has gathered to celebrate a terrible mistake.
So, Gordon Brown has it all to do. It is, once again, the Most Important Speech of His Political Life. As Iain Martin points out, We’ve Been Here Before:
We are told that Brown must demonstrate his party is really back in the fight with the Tories.
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