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Friday, September 08, 2006

Labour Party leadership

The statements yesterday by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown MIGHT calm things down but it's a big MIGHT!

These events develop a life of their own and  the remarks by Charles Clark in the Evening Standard today demonstrate how the main players can easily lose control of events. (That should bring comfort to all those who worry about control freakery!)

I think the last few days have damaged Gordon and it could trigger a more powerful leadership challenge.

You have said in the past that you think Gordon Brown should assume the Labour leadership without a contest. Given recent events, do you still believe there should be no contest and would you consider supporting any potential candidate other than Brown? If so, who?