So, the conventional wisdom is that Gordon Brown has survived and will not, in fact, face a leadership challenge anytime soon. Why? Because it’s too difficult to get rid of him and, in any case, there’s no obviously more palatable successor. As the BBC’s Nick Robinson put it this morning:
Friends of the Prime Minister put it more positively. MPs have come to realise, they say, that it’s not Gordon Brown that’s the problem but “the economy stupid” and he’s the best man to sort it. In this respect, and this one only, the polls are helpful for Mr Brown. The public does not say it wants a change of Labour leader nor that the party’s position would be improved if there was one.
So it is that Gordon Brown has neither been backed or sacked. So it is that he has not re-launched his leadership but does not face a challenge to it.
So it is that Gordon Brown has neither been backed or sacked. So it is that he has not re-launched his leadership but does not face a challenge to it.
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