Labour Party Follow

You wouldn’t have known that both the Labour Party and the economy faced serious problems from some of the fringe meetings at the conference.

The phrase "We should be talking about policies not personalities," has become the mantra of Labour left wingers when questioned on Gordon Brown’s leadership.

Some in the Labour Party believe that the economic crisis will herald a revival of the party’s left wing.

Despite the economic turmoil unleashed by the banks last week, Gordon Brown has signaled that New Labour’s love affair with finance and big business will continue.

Panic is spreading in New Labour as it becomes clear that the party faces not just the prospect of defeat at the next general election but an electoral wipe out.

Labour goes into its annual conference this week mired in a civil war over whether Gordon Brown will remain as leader.

Has there ever been a government with as great a death wish as this one?

New Labour has finally admitted what millions have known for months – that the country is sailing towards recession and government ministers have no solution to the crisis.

The spin from inside New Labour is that the party leadership accepts that it will lose the forthcoming Westminster by-election in Glenrothes to the Scottish National Party (SNP). It would be a shocking indictment of New Labour to lose yet another rock solid Labour seat.

New Labour is collapsing into civil war. Gordon Brown’s premiership is surrounded by turmoil and the party’s poll ratings seem to be entering freefall.

New Labour admitted in a submission to the Electoral Commission that, at the end of last year, its official membership was 176,891 – the lowest figure since 1900.

Labour’s defeat in Glasgow East last week was historic. The constituency is one of Labour’s heartlands.