July 2008 Archives
Ministers and backbenchers who have seen their party slump to unthinkable depths of unpopularity believe recovery is impossible under a prime minister palpably struggling.
They think the public has made up its mind that Mr Brown is not up to the job and nothing - not another relaunch, not a Cabinet reshuffle - can change that.
Nothing illustrates that more starkly than losing a by-election in the east end of Glasgow - the last place, or so MPs thought, that voters would desert them.
This is not just another bad poll, but real votes stacked against Labour. And if Scottish Mr Brown cannot win in working-class Scotland, where can he win?
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Rob Merrick - Rob is the political correspondent for the Liverpool Daily Post, based in Westminster
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