Brown v. Miliband

Apparently, Labour's problems are just down to Gordon Brown:

When people were asked to choose the best prime minister between Cameron and Brown, or Cameron and Miliband, the Tory leader beat both men by the same 21% margin.

To anyone with half a brain cell, this should be obvious. Brown is not the problem, he just acts as a figurehead of the problem and a lightning rod for the rage people now feel towards Labour. The reason why people prefer Cameron is because they are utterly sick of Nu Labour. Sick to death of over a decade of broken promises, empty spin, preening ministers, endemic corruption, gross incompetence and blatant theiving from the people by the treasury. Brown isn't the problem; he just personifies it at the moment. And whoever you put at the head of the Labour government will come to personify that problem. People are tired of the arrogant, patronising and utterly crass Nu Labour.

Supporters of other possible contenders in a Labour leadership contest, including Harriet Harman, Alan Johnson and Jon Cruddas, will view the poll as demonstrating that Miliband cannot portray himself as an instant solution to Labour's electoral woes.

Of course Miliband isn't the answer to their electoral woes! Seriously, what the fuck? That geeky, gormless man who still looks like a bullied school boy despite holding one of the most important roles in the UK government? He's the answer to your problems? Fuck me, if you seriously think that Miliband - a man who can't physically grin and mistakes a toothy gurn for a smile - is the answer to your electoral woes, then you are absolutely fucking fucked.

The real answer to Labour's electoral woes is a good decade in opposition, so people can forget how bad they really are and grow to hate the other party again. After all, it has worked for the Tories.

And if anything, Labour should be happy about this poll. Because it shows that what they need to turn around their electoral woes is coming. After the next election, they will get to begin their long spell in opposition...