One of Gordon Brown's closest aides has warned that Labour on its current course will lose the next election and be out of power for 15 years, since voters have lost trust in the party and will no longer listen to its message.
The warning by Michael Wills, a former Home Office minister and the Labour MP for Swindon North, is the most public disclosure yet of the deep concern in the chancellor's circle that Labour may lose the election unless there is a radical renewal of the party.
He described the Iraq war as a seminal moment, costing him 3,500 votes in his own constituency. Some MPs are urging Mr Brown to mark a break over Iraq in the event of his becoming prime minister by admitting explicitly that mistakes were made.
This comes on top of a survey of Labour Party members asking to name five biggest mistakes made by the labour Government. The first on the list was Iraq and this was followed by the belief that we are far too close to the USA.
How did we get a Government not only out of touch with the majority view of the British people but of its own Party as well and what does this say about the health of our democracy. When faced with some of these points on the Michael Parkinson show, Tony Blair indicated he took his authority from god – well we are now fast moving back to the divine right of kings or at least its modern version – the Prime Minister.
What a moderniser our prime Minister has turned out to be!
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