Gordon Brown gets more bad news

Just like you wolfing through a big tube of Pringles or enduring a marathon thumb-twiddling session on Grand Theft Auto 4, it seems that fate has found a new hobby with which to amuse itself. The morish habit in question? Delivering body blows to PM Gordon Brown.

Just how bad can it get for the man? First there were reports that even his 'friend' Tony Blair believed poor old Gord to be unelectable. Then came the May Day Massacre - a poll-booth drubbing that left the government with less seats than a hollowed-out schoolbus. And now? Now it's being claimed - via a Populus poll for The Times - that 55% of Labour voters want Gordon to resign.

With the PM now lagging behind both David Cameron and Nick Clegg in terms of popularity, the party faithful are sharpening those sacrifical pointy sticks and beckoning for Gordon to climb onto the altar. According to the poll, what Labour voters really really want is:

'' ... a younger, fresher, more charismatic alternative.''

Hmm. Westmonster isn't too sure about the 'younger' aspect (let's face it, Brown isn't exactly reaching for the zimmerframe just yet). The whole 'fresh' and 'charismatic' thing may have a ring of truth to it, though, especially with the poll also stating that a reshuffle of the cabinet would do precisely diddly-squat to boost Gordon's image.

The odds in the betting pool are tightening daily. Just how long can the man cling on like this?

Written by C J Davies on 7 May 2008 12:07 AM. Permalink