How long till Brown goes down? The knives are out for Gordon after shock Glasgow defeat

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dailymail.co.uk Jul 26, 2008

Labour is hurtling towards a leadership crisis as Cabinet ministers prepare to challenge Gordon Brown about his future. Jack Straw and Geoff Hoon are under growing pressure to ask the Prime Minister to stand aside 'within weeks' in the interests of the party. The Justice Secretary and the Chief Whip emerged as figures with enough clout to confront Mr Brown with the scale of the task facing him in the wake of defeat in Glasgow East. Friends of Mr Straw dismissed talk of an imminent 'coup', and he privately urged colleagues to 'take a breath' for the summer holidays. But there was talk of ministers forcing a September showdown with Mr Brown if he refuses to stand aside voluntarily. At a policy forum in Warwick, during which a smiling Mr Brown pledged to keep fighting, members of his Cabinet stayed stony-faced in the background.... [read full story]

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(anonymous) - Jul 25, 2008 10:47:51 AM

The two-party political system has become an anachronism. The number one priority of any government is not the well-being of the population they are supposed to serve, nor stability, nor social cohesion - it's retaining power and pleasing their sponsors. The traditions of parliamentary democracy in Britain may be a source of national pride for many, but as far as I understand, our parliamentary system in it's present form (obviously with a few major reforms) essentially emerged in the 1600's and is now a total anachronism. Why is there no debate about how technology could be harnessed to give the population a direct say on important national issues? If the Internet is pretty much secure enough for banking, it's secure enough for referendums on important national issues.

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