It all sounds wonderful and cosy doesn't it? Put up a big tent and then invite everyone to come inside. This is an exercise doomed to failure. Either the self-perpetuating political classes will arrive at policies which are largely unchallenged from within - which is dangeorus enough in itself. Or we are witnessing the rebirth of Britain as a corporatist state, where all opposition is marginalised at best. In any event, I don't see how this is going to encourage "ordinary" people to re-engage with politics. The issues that bother most people are the ones not for debate here - acceptable levels immigration, the break down of law and order in the cities, the lost generation of youth, and what to do about drugs. Gordon just can't resist his centralising and authoritarian instincts can he?

Tim, Kingston,

Sounds like more undehand tactics from Labour to distract from their overall dishonesty.

Can we have a real citizen's jury on this government - ie an election.

Peter, London,

Excuse me for being thick but don't we already have a citizen's summit going by the name of "Parliament" and citizen's juries otherwise known as "Elections"??

and haven't those institutions evolved to prevent any particular interest group retaining power for too long and becoming known as "tyrants", "dictators" or "one party states"??

Jim, Edinburgh,

Divide and conquer.

Nite Owl, Ferndown, England

I think that its wrong

Rishi, northwood, london

So, one party state, here we come...

Michael, London, UK

If he is so keen on inclusion and reaching out to people, why is he resisting calls,froma broad spectrum of the people, for a referendum on any efforts to bring in an EU constitution bypassing a right to decide? It seems that it is much more 'business as usual' with only career motivated ploiticians with a say in our future.

kay, leeds,

Gordon Brown is a Colossus on the political stage surrounded by intellectual pygmies. Why opt for an early election, when he has No 10 in the bag for years to come

Frank Greaney, Formby, Liverpool

Gordon Brown came to Office declaring the end of spin, but he has nonetheless continued the spin rather than produce substance. In the last week he has condemned the Prisoner Officers for striking - and yet he was the politician who agreed that they would get an independent award in return for no strikes. The award of 2.5% has been staged at 1.5% for 7 months and 2.5% for 5 months, so that it will equate to only 1.9% p.a.

How would he feel if the taxpayer, facing a 5% p.a. increase in Council Tax, started to pay at 2.5% for 7 months then upped it to 5% for the final 5 months? Is it OK for him but not for the taxpayer?

Frank Keegan, Alderley Edge,

I guess he's been watching how well Sarkozy has been doing in France, using similar tactics.
I understand a well known German politician from the 1930's also used similar tactics...

Rob, Paris, France

Where have we heard this all before? Gordon Brown, bereft of any creative political or pragmatic thought, spins the void that is his, and his cabinet's and party's minds to plead for us to come up with ideas to make this country a better and more inclusive place for one and all.

The Prime Minister, in the job for a mere few weeks, is already out with his customary begging bowl asking the rest of us to fill it for him. Beggars belief more like.

Historically a 'new' PM comes bounding into the nation's highest office full of election-winning vim and exitement (notwithstanding a dash of hubris and schadenfreude), expounding loud and clear about the mandate the great British public has entrusted him with. He/she will do their utmost to not let us down.

This Prime Minister, tired and exhausted after 10-years of brutal in-fighting , arrives at his Holy Grail only to find neither nor any of his accolytes have a single constructive policy among them. HELP ME, he pleads. Yeah.

GFS, london,

This is the same Brown who is so committed to 'inclusive' government that he won't, despite it being a included in the manifesto on which the last Labour Government was elected, allow a referendum on the EU 'treaty' (a constitution by any other name is still a constitution).

This is also the same Brown who thought that the prerogative to dissolve parliament for a General Election should be under the auspices of Parliament NOT an individual.

However, one must give credit where credit is due. Heaven forbid that one should even consider that this is a cynical press exercise to demonstrate his 'inclusiveness' to the general populace........

John, Reading, UK

The Queen is Head of State - not Gordon Brown. He is a politician and as such he must tell the electorate what his policies are and we will choose to vote for him or not.

It's outrageous and arrogant to try to maintain one's position in office by subverting the opposition.

MarkS, Leeds,

Mr Brown might start with eliminating the bias his Government has shown in favour of Scotland over everyone else. Whilst I struggle to support my daughter with her tuition fees and my elderly parents with their residential care, my Scottish counterparts are laughing all the way to the bank.

Tony Pegg, Leicester, Leicestershire

Dont believe anything this man says ! he has NEVER kept his word to the British people,only to himself.

ROBERT, DERBY,

That's a candid admission by Brown that his own Labour MPs don't have sufficient talent and that the government have to 'borrow' brains from the Conservatives and LibDems.

Rick, Greater London, England