Labour's Infighting

So it is starting again. The leadership speculation. The idea that Brown might be bribed from office with some sort of global regulator role, and Labour get a new leader who is hopefully less shite than the incumbent. And given the state of Labour's poll ratings, I wholeheartedly believe that the plotting is ongoing. The fact that Brown denies this only convinces me more.

There are two points to make on this. Why has it suddenly become the norm for retiring Prime Ministers to get cushy international jobs? Blair got some bollocks job as envoy to the Middle East, whilst Brown may become some sort of global regulator. Do we really need to continue to massage the egos of these terrible cunts even after they have left office? When John Major lost the 1997 election, he went to watch the cricket. Far more dignified than pretending to be an international statesman. 

But the second point is that what is happening at the moment is perfectly natural. It has been seen time and time again. Successful governments, who stay in power for too long, eat themselves. They descend into infighting and ill thought-out policy initiatives. They are devoid of talent, they are devoid ideas. All they have left is plotting and machinations. 

The simple truth is that replacing Brown won't save Labour. They're fucked. You only have to look at the calibre of the proposed successors. Harriet Harman? A woman who can offend 75% of the population just by appearing on the TV, and offends the remaining 25% of the population by opening her mouth? They'll end up behind the Lib Dems in the polls. Ed Balls? A man so egregious that he makes Brown look like your best bud? Don't think so. David Miliband - that over-grown, gurning schoolboy who managed to offend the whole of India in his visit as Foreign Secretary? He's out of his depth in the shallow end of a kid's paddling pool. There is no way he could be Prime Minister. And Alan Johnson, a ghastly lightweight who has made his way to the top of the Labour tree because everyone has been consigned, through scandal or incompetence, to the back benches. Don't get me started on Purnell, or Ed fucking Miliband. They all aspire to be Tony Blair. But with worse hair. 

Labour have had their time, now they are amusing themselves with stupid internal wars to occupy the time before they become Her Majesty's Opposition again. Ditch Brown, keep Brown, I actually don't fucking care. Politically, he's dead in the water. Making him the perfect leader for a party that is also dead in the water.