Gordon, it’s time to summon the better angels of your nature and resign

By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

When Gordon Brown took office at Number 10 he said he would “call upon the better angels of his nature”. It is now time to summon that spirit again, bookend a weak tenure, and – for the good of the Labour Party – step aside and allow the Party to move on.

With Gordon Brown as leader, Labour would almost certainly lose the next election – perhaps so disastrously as to commit the Party to opposition for three terms. With a new leader in charge, that election might still be winnable.