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Having seen off one rebellion it may buy the Prime Minister a little room. So far the supposed ‘re-launch’ has looked amateurish, and Labour desperately need a better combination of rhetoric and intellectual weight with which to attack the opposition.
Of course, even if the Prime Minister’s team have a unifying central message and a convincing narrative of how they intend to deliver on it, it is still difficult to get people to listen. In the post-Blair party many seem to have forgotten that good PR is not necessarily the same thing as spin. ‘Simple delivery’ may well help the country, but it will not help Brown unless he can find a more amenable way of telling people about it.
The Conservatives’ tack to the centre and David Cameron’s pro-activity have helped present the Tories as a palatable and almost-believable alternative in the face the public’s compassion-fatigue for Labour.
The irony is that privately Conservative staff are now complaining of a sidelining similar to that suffered by John McCain during the Democratic primary. The self-mutilation practiced by the Labour party may not be dignified, but it makes for much better copy than Tory party press releases.
See also: Ukraine if you want to
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15 September, 2008 Gardiner’s question time
The saga of Barry Gardiner’s resignation/sacking as ‘forestry envoy’ was hardly likely to rock the foundations of the Brown administration, but falling on his sword won’t help the insurrection as much as Mr Gardiner might have hoped.
Following in the illustrious footsteps of such household names as Siobhain McDonagh and Fiona McTaggart, Mr Gardiner’s visceral attack on his beloved leader has provided just enough of a threat to prompt prominent members of the Cabinet to rally round in support of the Prime Minister.
As such the latest round of obstreperousness may prove to be just the foil Mr Brown needs to bury the dark clouds which laboured over the House before the summer recess.
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