The state of New Labour

New Labour appears to be in an absolute mess at this current moment in time. One I will be very surprised if they ever fully recover from.

To start off it now appears that evidence exists which contradicts Blair’s defence in the Cash for Peerages investigation. The Independent on Sunday is reporting that the nomination papers show donors were nominated for public service, not for their work for the Labour Party, as Blair claimed in his interview.

Added to this is the report in the Sunday Telegraph which suggests Blair is refusing to support Lord Levy. Essentially this means Blair is trying to put all of the blame onto Lord Levy in the hope Blair can exonerate himself. This could all get very messy if Lord Levy refuses to play along.

To finish off is the report in the Mail on Sunday which claims to of received a leaked memo which spells out that “Labour has no chance of winning the next Election because voters think the Government is a shambles”.

It makes very grim reading for Labour but especially Gordon Brown, as it claims No. 10 considered bypassing him in favour of a younger candidate. This suggests No. 10 are behind the leaking of the memo. Iain Dale believes Philip Gould is the one who wrote it.

Of course No. 10 has denied all knowledge, in true New Labour form.

Although we don’t need a memo to work out what a shambles the Government is in.