If Labour's hopes of closing the gap with the Tories have been extinguished by this latest farce and they are seen as certain losers it could lead to a late surge in support to the LibDems,particularly if Nick Clegg performs well in the TV debates.

Of course Gordon Brown was not much of a conspirator himself - but perhaps that was what you meant?!

Two disgruntled ex-cabinet ministers do not a party "hopelessly beset by in-fighting" make.

Any chance of a little less bias and a little more objectivity?

Wanted: new leader to lead the Labour Party to defeat in a general election. Who was likely to repond to that call?

It's just mad.

I think Labour seems to have decided to lose.

Labour are highly unlikely to win with Gordon Brown as prime minister, it would make sense for him to step down.

One can only assume that, on balance, the Labour Party believes that Gordon Brown is the man to lead them into the next election.
If that is based on the calculation that its goes to be bad and that he'll go if Labour are beaten it may just be that no one fancies puliing the Labour car out of the snowdrift (sorry , could not resist it..) at this stage. Better to get a thumping under Brown and let the electorate do the dirty work, get cameron to take over and administer the medicine that Labour won't - and hope that Labour get in again when the electorate realise how bad it is and how harsh the cuts now need to be - and punish the incumbant
No edifying, but nifty party politics ?

Just as Brown has a quite good run at PMQ's this comes along. Yes it was ineptly handled by a couple of yesterday's (wo)men but the grudging support from the Cabinet probably said far more.

Even as the Tories stumbled they have been offered a gilt edged election boost. If the Cabinet are at best slow to offer their support, what faith should the rest of the country have in Gordon Brown?

What a tragedy? Labour can't even get a decent coup organised let alone govern. Spending cuts and reforms are needed to make Britain competitive again, the share of Govt activity as a percentage of GDP needs to be brought down to circa 30%. It is time to review New Labour under the Tories.

whoever wins should stop molly coddling the public and get on with the job. Boy George are you up to it?