The long knives will be out after Crewe, but it's not clear that any of the second-raters would be more popular or effective than our current leaderiser.
My nightmare NuLab choice would be John Reid. Mr Bovver Boot would make an exceedingly bad prime minister, and really shouldn't be allowed within Westminster's grubby oik exclusion zone, just in case.
Looks like an out of work muppet looks like an escaped lunatic is obviously bonkers is obviously a religious nut is too closely connected to the war is too closely part of a Brown/blair faction.
if you were looking for a choice from Labour who was popular or against the war, you'd really be left looking at Mo Mowlam or Robin Cook, and they're probably disqualified through being dead Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
