Mr Straw stands out for his attempted sell out of Gibraltar, and British strategic interests, to the Spaniards in 2002. It took a near unanimous referendum result against joint sovereignty to force Straw to abandon his plans. Incidentally, before the vote took place, Mr Straw described the planned Gibraltar referendum as 'eccentric'.

Nicholas Keen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Did Tony Blair say after he was elected that the next 5 years Labour had to show their worth. I haven't seen anything of note.

In July 07,didn't Gordon Brown tell us he was different and he would be honest. He hasn't, instead he just bumbled and mumbled his way through leading this country. A role most polls believe the British people don't want him fufil, Prime Minister Mumbling Bumbling Brown.

There is one other point, how many Labour MP's have ever had real jobs one which is responsible for an P&L not state handouts. Very few, they are out of touch like they were in the 70's.

steve, chester, cheshire

It about time the country had a change, we are being told that Labour needs to move with the times. So lets move with the times and get a new government into power.

Paul Graham, Blackpool, United Kingdom

Good grief, Ray! How much more time do you want to give him to complete the ruination of Britain? Brown held the purse strings for TEN YEARS and look at the debt the country is in! Since becoming PM he's had plenty of time to honour the manifesto pledge for a referendum on the Constitreaty and chance to go to the country for his own mandate - both of which he bottled. Even after the IRC data fiasco, he's still pushing ahead with ID cards! He's had enough rope!

Anya, Sedgeford,

Mr Brown is so concerned about Democracy he should have given a vote on the EU consitution renamed treaty. He should make sure the voting boundries are not skewed 10% in labours favour. He should not have sold our Gold reserves at one third of todays value. Mr Brown pays lip service to honesty and democracy yet in actual fact as bad as a third world leader who lies and vote rigs, except out vote rigging is done in advance. 10% in Labours favour. Surely in 10 years this could have been more balanced.

John, Aldershot, UK

Good old 'Trimmer' Straw. Probably preparing for a post in a Cameron Government.

julia, london,

Once again the "Man of Straw" has got it totally wrong. I would suggest that the public have no real stomach for Cameron and the Tories, but detest Gordon Bean and his corrupt rabble. As always it is Governments which, rather than Oppositions which win them.

Neil, Gloucestershire, England

The state of parties quoted is a chimera. Do they mirror English returns,Scottish returns or UK? Why are only three parties quoted? The situation in Wales and Scotland not to mention Northern Ireland will be different, no doubt. Such a Home Counties' parochial view of reporting is not acceptable in the now devolved UK. Yet, English domestic affairs are not devolved. English domestic legislation is still dependent on all UK MPs. And it would be germain to your article's comment if this variable was included as the outcome of the next UK election, and consequently English domestic legislation, will be determined by the composition of members of the House of Commons. A hung Parliament at Westminster could be affected by the non-unionist MPs returned and any potential English national government (aka Tory government ) couldbe stymied by the Scots, Irish and Welsh non unionists. Westminster at present will not be the preserve of English MPs after the next UK election.

John Edgar, Cupar, Fife, Scotland

I'm sorry to throw a spanner in the works, but can we really see who could replace Gordon Brown in the Labour Party or any other party. Cameron can talk the talk but none of his shaddow cabinet have been in government. Including Cameron, none of them have held high office. It's a massive gamble. Lib Dems are exactly the same I'm afraid. I just wonder where we go from here. The vote could be so split that no party could form a government by themselves. In shoring up Northern Rock Gordon Brown has prevented a disastrous run on all of our banks. We all could have lost a lot of money. He's the first Prime Minister to bring troops back from war. Some of the other problems he's inherited from past times. I think he should be given more time.

Ray, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Gordon Bean does nt do 'adapt'. He is clearly stuck in the past, living on his memories of the time when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, stealth taxing the country to the hilt. Now that he has promoted himself to prime minister he is like a fish out of water, gasping for air and flapping around on a fishmonger's marble slab.

Richard, Greater London, England

The Party which offers less Politicians on the Make and Take will win the next Election

R James, Clifton, UK

Our mebership of EEC is illegal, Whoever will carry out the wishes of The British People and withdraw from this fiasco, and restore our borders including an outright ban on all forms of immigration which has already created mass unemployment, will win the day.
More importantly, we require a mechanism to remove from office any individual or government that does not carry out their election promises.
Finally, it's time for the press to put their teeth back in ,and support the people.

Clive Burghard , LANCING, ENGLAND

As long as Brown is at the head of this government and as loong as he continues to micro manage everything and the waste and failure of expensive 'initiatives' continues then Cameron is the likely winner at the next election.

Diddly Do, Liverpool,

If Labour want to regain some respectability they need to allow a referendum on the EU treaty and drop ID cards.

Ed, London, England

Dropping the ridiculous and wasteful ID scheme would be a start; Government should listen to the people, not ride roughshod over them.

Michael Rigby, Blackburn, England

Like Parkistan we need a democratic fair and free election now so that we can depose a self-appointed leader and elect one of our choice.can we have some international monitors as well as I seem to remember charges of lost votes and petty corruption last time around.

David, Uzes, France