In a swipe at Gordon Brown, Charles Clarke and Alan Milburn have called for an open debate on the Party’s future. In a letter the two former cabinet ministers wrote that after 10 years in Government Labour needs to show it has the vision and the policies for Britain’s future. The BBC’s political editor, Nick Robinson, comments that the email suggests that waiting for Gordon Brown isn’t good enough. This reflects wider unease within Labour ranks. The constant stream of bad polls for the Chancellor and concern that he will not be able to retain marginal seats in the south, has opened the way for a Blairite candidate to run for the leadership.
