Election 2010: Gordon Brown to resign in self sacrifice to keep Labour intact
Gordon Brown: Self Sacrifice
Gordon Brown has offered a self-respecting own sacrifice to stabilise the leadership and credibility of Labour party by announcing on Monday that he would resign by this September.
With the current political stalemate attaining an equilibrium point with no clear leader in the recent electoral race, the Prime Minister has identified his being perceived as a spent force and therefore has offered a recipe for a major image redeemed effort and enhanced integrity for Labour by announcing to quit Labour leadership come this September.
Nick Clegg, the ‘reigning beauty’ of British politics who has enjoyed romantic cavorting with Conservatives though without a clear ‘I do’ as the two have embarked on a three day protracted negotiation, has therefore deepened the logjam, creating a renewed negotiating opportunity for Labour.
That opportunity was set in motion as Labour has engaged Liberal Democrat leader Nick Cregg in a new engaged discussions. Therefore, the Lib Dem- Con waiting game which however has opened a new channel of Lib Dem – Lab cavorting has made the political atmosphere more unpredictable.
Nick Cregg has welcome the Prime Minister’s resignation hint claiming Brown’s exit as Labour leader “could be an important element” in negotiations for a coalition Government between Liberal Democrat and Labour Party.
In a defiant email to Labour Party workers aaaaat the weekend thanking them for their efforts in the election campaign, Mr Brown said he was determined to fight on to secure his policies for economic recovery.
‘My resolve has not, and will not, change. I pledged to do everything in my power to fight for the people of this country – to secure the recovery, to protect their livelihoods and to continue to fight for a future fair for all,” he said.
However, such goals would now be pursued from the background where Gordon may serve the nation as an elder statesman with a better vision and purpose fortifying Labour if thr party is wrestled and Conservative Party eventually grabs the key to 10, Downing street.. It has been a period of high political drama , Mr Brown seized on David Cameron’s failure to secure a pact with Nick Clegg by opening formal talks Monday night.
Election 2010
AS brown hinted of his impending resignation, has pledged not to dump the country at this hour of need by offering to oversee talks between the two parties before stepping down by the time of the Labour conference in September, when a new leader would be chosen by party members.
If accepted, the proposal would mean Mr Brown remaining in Downing Street for another five months and voters being presented with a second unelected prime minister in a row.
The leadership campaign, which is likely to be contested by David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, his brother Ed, the Climate Change Secretary, and Ed Balls, the Schools Secretary, and others, will only begin after the current talks are concluded.
Last night senior Conservatives accused the Lib Dem leader of “treachery” after it emerged that Mr Clegg had changed the basis of a deal with Mr Cameron just minutes before Mr Brown made his statement. John Reid, the former Labour Home Secretary, warned that a Labour-Lib Dem coalition would result in “mutually assured destruction” for both parties.
He also suggested that England would bear the brunt of public sector cuts under any Labour coalition deal because it would be dependent on support from nationalist MPs from Scotland and Wales.
Mr Reid said that would “further enrage” English voters. Senior Labour negotiators, including two of Mr Brown’s closest colleagues, Ed Miliband and Ed Balls, have started talks with the Lib Dems.
Cameron, Brown, Clegg
Labour is attempting to exploit the Tories’ reluctance to offer the Lib Dems far-reaching voting reform. Making his statement outside Downing Street, Mr Brown said he would stand down as Labour leader in the autumn and allow a contest for his replacement to begin now.
“By agreeing to stand aside, he removed one of the blocks to any Lib-Lab deal2, repoted the Telegraph. But in a sign that the political uncertainty could start to frighten investors, within seconds of the announcement the pound had fallen a cent against the dollar.
The day had started with a deal between the Conservatives and the Lib Dems appearing close. Shortly after a meeting of the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party had finished, Mr Clegg telephoned Mr Cameron to say that the proposed agreement had changed.
Previously, the Lib Dems had proposed supporting the Tories on key policy decisions. But Mr Clegg demanded a full coalition with a pledge to change the voting system. This left Mr Cameron struggling to do a deal.
He later offered the Liberal Democrats the prospect of Cabinet positions and a referendum on changing the voting system.
That left Labour in a position to apparently trump the offer. Mr Brown, after believing he had been rebuffed by Mr Clegg during a meeting on Sunday night, had resolved to go to Buckingham Palace to resign and allow Mr Cameron to try to form a government.
But as talks with the Tories stalled, Lib Dem go-betweens made it known that Mr Clegg wanted channels of communication with Mr Brown to stay open. Mr Brown put on hold his resignation plans and held further secret talks with the Lib Dem leader.
It meant by the end of the day Mr Brown was still clinging to the possibility of a deal that would keep Labour in power with the Conservatives sidelined. At 5pm in Downing Street Mr Brown said: “The reason that we have a hung parliament is that no single party and no single leader was able to win the full support of the country.
“As leader of my party I must accept that as a judgment on me. I therefore intend to ask the Labour Party to set in train the processes needed for its own leadership election.” He added: “Mr Clegg has just informed me that while he intends to continue his dialogue that he has begun with the Conservatives, he now wishes also to take forward formal discussions with the Labour Party.
I believe it is sensible and it’s in the national interest to respond positively.” Mr Brown said he believed a “progressive coalition” was in the interests of the “progressive majority”.
With the current political stalemate attaining an equilibrium point with no clear leader in the recent electoral race, the Prime Minister has identified his being perceived as a spent force and therefore has offered a recipe for a major image redeemed effort and enhanced integrity for Labour by announcing to quit Labour leadership come this September.
Nick Clegg, the ‘reigning beauty’ of British politics who has enjoyed romantic cavorting with Conservatives though without a clear ‘I do’ as the two have embarked on a three day protracted negotiation, has therefore deepened the logjam, creating a renewed negotiating opportunity for Labour.
That opportunity was set in motion as Labour has engaged Liberal Democrat leader Nick Cregg in a new engaged discussions. Therefore, the Lib Dem- Con waiting game which however has opened a new channel of Lib Dem – Lab cavorting has made the political atmosphere more unpredictable.
Nick Cregg has welcome the Prime Minister’s resignation hint claiming Brown’s exit as Labour leader “could be an important element” in negotiations for a coalition Government between Liberal Democrat and Labour Party. In a defiant email to Labour Party workers aaaaat the weekend thanking them for their efforts in the election campaign, Mr Brown said he was determined to fight on to secure his policies for economic recovery. ‘My resolve has not, and will not, change. I pledged to do everything in my power to fight for the people of this country – to secure the recovery, to protect their livelihoods and to continue to fight for a future fair for all,” he said. However, such goals would now be pursued from the background where Gordon may serve the nation as an elder statesman with a better vision and purpose fortifying Labour if thr party is wrestled and Conservative Party eventually grabs the key to 10, Downing street.
It has been a period of high political drama , Mr Brown seized on David Cameron’s failure to secure a pact with Nick Clegg by opening formal talks Monday night. AS brown hinted of his impending resignation, has pledged not to dump the country at this hour of need by offering to oversee talks between the two parties before stepping down by the time of the Labour conference in September, when a new leader would be chosen by party members.
If accepted, the proposal would mean Mr Brown remaining in Downing Street for another five months and voters being presented with a second unelected prime minister in a row.
The leadership campaign, which is likely to be contested by David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, his brother Ed, the Climate Change Secretary, and Ed Balls, the Schools Secretary, and others, will only begin after the current talks are concluded.
Last night senior Conservatives accused the Lib Dem leader of “treachery” after it emerged that Mr Clegg had changed the basis of a deal with Mr Cameron just minutes before Mr Brown made his statement. John Reid, the former Labour Home Secretary, warned that a Labour-Lib Dem coalition would result in “mutually assured destruction” for both parties.
He also suggested that England would bear the brunt of public sector cuts under any Labour coalition deal because it would be dependent on support from nationalist MPs from Scotland and Wales. Mr Reid said that would “further enrage” English voters. Senior Labour negotiators, including two of Mr Brown’s closest colleagues, Ed Miliband and Ed Balls, have started talks with the Lib Dems. Labour is attempting to exploit the Tories’ reluctance to offer the Lib Dems far-reaching voting reform.
Who wins the key to number-10-downing-street
Making his statement outside Downing Street, Mr Brown said he would stand down as Labour leader in the autumn and allow a contest for his replacement to begin now.
“By agreeing to stand aside, he removed one of the blocks to any Lib-Lab deal2, repoted the Telegraph. But in a sign that the political uncertainty could start to frighten investors, within seconds of the announcement the pound had fallen a cent against the dollar.
The day had started with a deal between the Conservatives and the Lib Dems appearing close. Shortly after a meeting of the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party had finished, Mr Clegg telephoned Mr Cameron to say that the proposed agreement had changed. Previously, the Lib Dems had proposed supporting the Tories on key policy decisions.
But Mr Clegg demanded a full coalition with a pledge to change the voting system.
This left Mr Cameron struggling to do a deal. He later offered the Liberal Democrats the prospect of Cabinet positions and a referendum on changing the voting system.
That left Labour in a position to apparently trump the offer. Mr Brown, after believing he had been rebuffed by Mr Clegg during a meeting on Sunday night, had resolved to go to Buckingham Palace to resign and allow Mr Cameron to try to form a government.
But as talks with the Tories stalled, Lib Dem go-betweens made it known that Mr Clegg wanted channels of communication with Mr Brown to stay open. Mr Brown put on hold his resignation plans and held further secret talks with the Lib Dem leader.
It meant by the end of the day Mr Brown was still clinging to the possibility of a deal that would keep Labour in power with the Conservatives sidelined. At 5pm in Downing Street Mr Brown said: “The reason that we have a hung parliament is that no single party and no single leader was able to win the full support of the country. “As leader of my party I must accept that as a judgment on me.
I therefore intend to ask the Labour Party to set in train the processes needed for its own leadership election.”
He added: “Mr Clegg has just informed me that while he intends to continue his dialogue that he has begun with the Conservatives, he now wishes also to take forward formal discussions with the Labour Party.
I believe it is sensible and it’s in the national interest to respond positively.” Mr Brown said he believed a “progressive coalition” was in the interests of the “progressive majority”.
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