Gordon Brown should go back to Scotland and let the English have their country back, after all I believe he pledged to always put Scotland first. We the English unlike to Scots, Welsh and the Irish are denied by Gordon Brown a English parliament, he wants to divide us up into regions
therefore keeping him and Labour for ever in power and the English without their country. We are the only country in Europe without a voice.

sylvia boswell, Cheltenham, England

Michael,Newcastle.What have Nu-Lab in power actually achieved?.Well,I suppose in your part of the world they might have as you have been subsidised to the hilt by the south.But from where I am sitting they have achieved absolutely NOTHING.Apart from making us English feel foreigners in our own country.I have always lived in areas of London where immigrants have played a great part.But the last ten years has seen London overwhelmed by wave after wave of them. They all seem to have attitude.I can walk down any high street in any part of London and will be a minority.Public transport is packed to the gills with them.Schools are overflowing with them.Then you have their great achievment of signing up for the Human Rights Act.This appears to be the most stupid piece of legislation EVER.The majority of us have been hijacked by the minority...Illegals cannot be deported because of THEIR human rights.It seems that everybody has human rights except the longsuffering taxpayer, Enough already.

Jan, London, England

If I were you Mr Brown, I would leave this country very soon - you are not a popular man anymore! Bye, Bye! You have lost my vote - roll on 1st May.

Thomas, Cardiff, UK

To what extent do all British political parties now constitute a ruling elite, far from the voter, staffed by people who've never had really jobs, and all equally keen on promotion to the European gravy train? Which countries on earth actually have governments who are reasonably responsive to the desires of their electorates?

John, London, England

What does Steve think that the BNP can do that the Conservatives cannot? Don't waste your vote. The Conservatives must be re-elected to get this country out of the clutches of the PC do gooders(?), human rights nonesense and European control.

Who on earth are those people who persist in voting for this untrustworthy meddling Labour party who represent the worst government this country has ever seen.

Kid Nosilla, Norfolk

R H Allison, Norwich, Norfolk

An infamous and very arrogant politician was once reported to have said, "I only once thought I'd made an error, but I was mistaken ".
Gordon Brown is in the same class as that politician. He is out of touch with the man and woman in the street and in particular with the middle class voter. You know, those people who always get off their backsides and vote at all elections. The economy, imigration levels, the benefits culture, yobs running the streets, drugs, poor old age pensions. Knowledge of these issues seem to have escaped our Gordon. He's more interested in swanning around the World doing good work for developing nations. He has forgotten his prime responsibility which is to protect his home electorate. He's just an academic masquerading as a prime minister. Better to send him to a library to carry out some research - say for 20 years.
At least Mugabe contested an election. Your days are numbered Mr. Brown. Leave the door open on your way out - we need some fresh air.

Dr. Jimmy, Nottingham, England

What have the BNP got to do with being British, absolutely the anti thesis of Britishness which many of our forefathers gave their lives to protect us against and which no slick labour like spin rebranding can con us into thinking that they're not the same party of thugs and facists.

However we do need change, I voted for this lot to my shame and to see our Armed forces mistreated so badly both with finance and direction and a lack of courage in following through our commitments by the government, our liberties being frequently targeted to the point where you feel that modern Britain is a suffocating place to live in, uncapped immigration destroying our communities and identity and the lack of progress in the constitutional settlement, promises that government will be done differentely then just disingenuous masking of same old stuff, ELECTION SOON PLEASE.

Jon , Edinburgh, UK

am a life long Conservative voter but both labour and The Conservative since Thatcger have conspired to destroy the country with massive immegration, high taxes and PC culture so I will also be voteing BNP at the next election.

The country sorely needs a change and a party that will take into account those that work hard and pay the bills - the oppressed taxpayer

Steve, Chalfont, Bucks, England

If Brown is to go with any credibility then he should spend his last days saving Britain from the black hole into which Labour's ten years have pitched it. No need for the image, Gordon, just roll your sleeves up and get on with it - it's too late for you now. Allow us, at least, to think of something useful you did. Immigration, economic policy, Europe, national identity, foreign policy, our armed forces - all have been used or abuses to the detriment of Britain's strength or position and crafted in Nu Labours image. What a sorry state.

simon, UK,

Just goes to show that 33% who would still vote labour must be made up of career benefit claimers, career criminals, immigrants or bent 'business' men.
They are the only ones who new labour have helped

rob, derby, uk

Abandonment pf the10% tax threshold,how could any Government or Poltical party commit political suicide by abandoning that rate and try to get away with it?Madness,they're desperate to get revenue from the very people that voted for them.Bizarre logic.I use to vote Labour.Running out of ideas and abandoning their supporters.Brown's living in wonderland.Blair has got his revenge by allowing Brown to commit political suicide by his own sword.Brown was the very essence of economical control whilst Chancellor-no more.The Dougasl Hume of the Labour Party.

john, shrewsbury, uk

To all these people saying that the Tories have no policies- LOOK ON THEIR WEBSITE! They have a whole raft of policies, giving power back to teachers, immigration policies etc, most of which i happen to agree with! Voting BNP is tempting but they WON'T win- it is just a wasted vote! Give it to the conservatives and at least then we stand a chance of getting rid of Brown!! Argh!

Amanda, Northampton, UK

The biggest mistake in my life was to vote for Labour in 1997. That will not happen again. As I watch my local town close down around me I see an army of immigrants marching towards the benefits office. The destruction of the Country is almost complete.

Roger, Surrey,

Gordon Brown should spend more time getting to understand the problems that the everyday person faces instead of doing guest appearances on the new ITV show Headcases ... that was Gordon Brown in the flesh ..wasnt it?.. surely as it was so uncannily accurate!!!
Seriously though .. I voted Labout in in 97 , never again, they have let me down too badly, introduced hundreds of new laws designed to target decent hardworking people and increase coffers while letting dangerous criminals have the free run of our society. They have also lied like a cheap watch and demonstrated incompetance on a grand scale
Bye Gordon, dont forget to close the door behind you on the way out.

Thomas Kyle, Stevenage, UK

The sad thing is that he is no worse than Tony Blair, he is just painfully boring to listen to. I have the same problems listening to my accountant, she probablt talks sense, but streams of facts, figures and buzzwords just don't hold my attention.

Gordon needs some livening up, or he should appoint a spokesman to talk to the nation through.

Mike Poulsen, Reading, Berkshire

No wonder people are leaving labour in droves. My family are now £150 worse off thanks to Gordon. No more labour votes for me after 40 loyal years. Thanks Gordon you reap what you sow.

Ian Chamberlain, Hexham, England

I never thought I would say this but I would consider voting BNP at the next election, which other party is willing to try and protect British Nationals from uncontrolled mass migration??

What has happened to the quality of life in Britain?? Nulabour introduced a minimum wage, which is now not worth the paper its wrote on.

Nulabour gave workers the right to join unions, what a joke, how many of the thousands of exploited workers from eastern Europe are in unions? How many companies have been fined £2000 for every person illegally employed? Government enforcement of employment law is a joke.

Billions pumped into the NHS, its been spent on big pay rises for GPs, consultants, executives and IT that doesn't work. Nurses have been sacked and the ones that are left, are completely demoralised!

I have a good website for Labour MPs to go to after the next Election: www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk

Gordon, get ready to spend more time with the family.

Graham, St. Albans, UK

Yes it must be UKIP or even BNP.
England has been wrecked by this Labour Government.

Jim McLAINE, stockport, england

I'm voting BNP. This country needs to make some drastic changes, pronto.

Martin, London, United Kingdom

It is odd that the denial of the Referendum on the EU was not mentioned as an important reason for Gordon Brown and the Labour Party's poor ratings. I thought that would be one of the biggest reasons.

Douglas Cochrane, Halifax,

BNP or UKIP are the way to go. it is time for Britain to be given a fresh start and chance to be British again.

Douglas Cochrane, Halifax,

I'm surprised they found enough voters who were willing to vote for the 'Big 3' to supply a relevant poll. Maybe it's about time the UK was operated as a true democracy instead of being run by Parliamentary whips.
Politicians have appropriated powers over too many aspects of our lives. Who gave them the right to interfere with the running of schools and hospitals simply because they are centrally funded?
Did Jacqui Smith take that stab-proof vest back to Westminster with her? Gordon wants to borrow it.

Bob S, Swadlincote, uk

What have Labour done for me?
Absolutley nothing.
Thanks Gordon

Sue, West Midlands, UK

I find it impossible to believe Cameron would be any better. We really do need to step away from the LibLabConEuIslamist cabal, hence I will vote BNP for the first time in my life.

Paul Newton, Brighton,

The problem with Brown is the leaked information which he started through desperation to gain power, and housing prices due to the establishment of the MPC (another of Brown's ideas) which I was against as they kept the property market out of their interest rate targets causing inflated property prices. Tony Blair was no better. It's just that Brown was obviously not in total control after he'd taken over having been in the chancellory too long.

Marie-Claire Oliver, Bath, United Kingdom

Gordon Brown will never be voted as Prime Minister

bob, EXETER, uk

Why do we have to wait for an election? What is to stop a revolution NOW? I am sick of being patient for people who do not deliver - they want all their rights but do not accept responsilbility. As many have said, in the real world they would have been sacked ages ago.
Anyone willing to join in a revolution ?

Harry, St Albans,

Mr Jones, with voters like you I’m sure the ‘BMP’ will do as well as ever in the next election. By the way, what are ‘manorits’?

Tom, Reading,

from a PM who found god to one who thinks he is god!!!

IAIN, mk,

Gordon Brown has no right to sign EEC documents without the consent of the British Electorate, therefore the whole thing is illegal and should not be recognised by any of us.
MOST OF US WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EU!

Clive Burghard, LANCING, ENGLAND

brown should never been prime minister in the first place, he has not got any leadership qualities whatsoever, there is more to come from this bungling "clouseau" like figure, before the knives come out from the labour peers, labour start looking at a replacement forthwith.

tom .g, glasgow,

I wouldn't be frightened of voting for the BNP.....I hope they do well.
If they do, we can thank the idiots, criminals, the lefties, Muslim intolerance and stupid peolple like Ed Balls who wants to destroy our education for the improving fortunes of the BNP.

Phil, Preston,

I'm a 33 year old with several businesses that i;ve built up over the last 10 years since leaving uni. I've voted Labour from the age of 18, but the bash the Chancellor gave entrepreneurs in the recent budget over CGT has really knocked my confidence.

I've worked tremendously hard to get where I am and I feel the labour government has done more to damage and reverese the 'climate of enterprise' they were so keen on shouting about in the last election that they've lost my vote.

Mike Bennett, Bristol, UK

To all those Labour voters spitting at the current state of the party and seem surprised about the line New Labour has taken - what took you so long? Didn't you notice that Blair took the middle ground by becoming a closet conservative? Some of you are so naive it's incredible...

Carlos, Basel, CH

I would like to thank Brown and New Labour for making my decision to move to New Zealand much more easy. Cheers!!

John , Dover, Kent

Please God give us an election. Unfortunately it's not God's decision. This country and its electorate are in the hands of Gordon 'Mugabe' Brown. There is more chance of Mugabe admitting he's lost and standing down than there is of our criminaly incompetent prime minister calling a general election.

The frightening thing is how many people say they are going to vote BNP. It shows how low and divided this country has become since 'New' Labour came to power.

As for the coments of Michael from Newcastle, the bedrock of labour suport used to be the North East but those days are long gone my friend, long gone.

Simon, also from Newcastle.

Simon, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Read 'em and weep Brown - you're out. But I suppose like Blair, you'll habg on lining your pocket for as long as possible.

WS, Manchester,

I am one of the SMALL minority, 300,000 of us apparently, woman aged 60-65, who are of so little value to society that our small earnings are to suffer a tax increase so that middle income earners can have a tax cut. I earn WITH MY PENSION less than £10,000 a year. I can JUST make ends meet. I did hear this change announced last year BUT presumed that personal allowances would be increased to cover the change.
It is a national disgrace that any government, let alone a socialist one, will take money from the poorest people in society to benefit the middle earners. I am so furious today, as a lifelong socialist I feel utterly betrayed and totally insulted.
All of my life I have seen over and over how the high earners and self-employed dodge taxes, tax avoidance it's called, whilst we suckers on PAYE are taxed penny for penny. This is a totally sick society, and this is the sickest action of any chancellor / PM in my lifetime. Gordon Brown you should be ashamed of yourself you're sick

Loraine B., Tankerton,, Kent

The BNP will be the major winners in the May local elections. I hope the major parties will realise that the British people will no longer put up with their lies and deceit!

Doreen, Leominster, Herefordshire

Never before have I been so angry at a Prime Minister for the continued disregard of the voting man.The blatant,in your face,I am the Prime Minister attitude that Brown demonstrates is beyond anything seen for many years and thus I have no regard or belief in any of his actions or words.The man has nigh on single handedly blighted both the electorate,the economy and the Labour party.
The last thing the Conservatives want is to take office in this economically imploding period of time,I seriously doubt Brown has the acumen or personality to clean up the financial mess that he was so instrumental in creating.

MARTYN, norwich, norfolk

A year ago Brown obviously thought that his "clever" plan to place an enormous tax burden on the less well off in society, in order to benefit the more wealthy, would be popular with his Party's core voters. Perhaps this is an indication of just how stupid our Politicians are, and how out of touch they are with the ordinary people of this country. That he should be advocating the claiming of benefits by people who, if they were not taxed so heavily, would not require benefits beggars belief. Shouldn't we be rewarded for working, and not encouraging the claiming of benefits?

Keith M., Gloucestershire, England

I am sick of them all and will be voting BMP, Its time for radical change not just this back and forth between two parties that are just as bad as each other.

We need some one who is going to stand up for england, I am sick of beeing left out just for beeing white and male, god its worse than beeing a manorit at least there are laws to protect them!

MR W jones, Liverpool, England

the inevitable result of an institutionally corrupt nulabor government

martin brighton, sheffield,

It is sheer hyprocisy for Labour MP's to cry out in protest now about the effect the 10% rate removal would have on low income earners (such as myself). The media made people well aware after last year's budget that low income earners would be much worse off. I never actually thought that a Labour government would bring in a change that would make people earning twice as much as myself pay less tax while I pay more!

Fact remains, Tony Blair and George Brown have done to the Labour Party what Margaret Thatcher never achieved. They have destroyed it. Keir Hardie must be spinning revolutions in his grave at what has happened to a party that was founded on the basis of fairness for all and protection for the poorest in society. New Labour, for me, stands for greedy and self-serving politicians, hypocrisy and deceit, and a survival of the fittest (and richest) attitude. Honesty, fairness and decency are not part of New Labour's creed.

T. MacFarlane, Glasgow, Scptland

Brown's introduction of the 10p band was always a bad idea, he should have raised the tax free allowance instead.

Perhaps all us working people could have our tax free allowances raised from the miserly ~5,400 to ~9,000 like everyone over 65 gets, oh and they don't pay NI - surely this is age discrimination?

Andy Davies, Glos, UK,

Where has Prudence gone?

Glenn, wales,

In order to fund low quality public services, an expansion of the welfare system and increased public sector employment New Labour induced a credit related boom. Now that it has been proved that consumption economics doesn't work voters are turning against New Labour.

So many people enjoyed the instant gratification of spending borrowed money. It is in bad taste for people to begrudge paying borrowed money back with interest.

Under New Labour the nation has undergone a moral devaluation ahead of a pending currency devaluation.

For the sake of future generations the British eletorate must rid themselves of New Labour ASAP.

Costas, Cyprus,

Why oh why do Gordon Brown's spokesmen keep trotting out the old excuse for the abolition of the 10 rate, that those affected have recourse to tax credits. Why should people be put in the position of having to claim money back from the government when it was previously theirs in the first place. It is so arrogant and patronising and shows how out of touch Labour is.

Ann, London,

Now, if only the Cons can find a decent leader....

Mike L, Chippenham, Wilts

Gordon Brown should console himself with the knowledge that it should be worse.Imagine what his position would be if there was an Opposition party!
Phil,Anglesey

Phil Pinnington, Pentraeth, Wales

It seems that Gordon Brown has been found to have the
fundamental flaw that was mentioned before he took over the premiership,I didn't rate T.B. very highly but Brown is even worse.He just will not listen to those around him,what a total fiasco,His bumbling ,inept stance when the olympic torch was presented at Downing street said it all !! myself a lifelong labour supporter, This is NOT a labour government in any part other than in it's Hi-jacked name.

Jim HIll, Wolverhampton, S.Staffs.

Polls are a load of rubbish. If 1/3 of voters think Brown is worse than Blair then 2/3 think he is the same or better. Not that bad really. I can only draw the conclusion that 2/3 of the country are on benefits or career criminals to come up with the numbers.

Edward, London,

Give him credit, being worse that Blair isn't easy but he seems to be a natural. I think the two names Blair and Brown will be responsible for Labour being on the side lines for many many years to come. The sooner the better.

Roger, Surrey,

At long last the country is waking up to the disaster that is a Labour government. Every time they've entered office it has ended in high taxes, high spending, high waste with minimal improvements to services and a knackered economy. Only a monkey, (and Labour) could have been handed a growing and confident economy and several years of unprecedented growth and have nothing to show for it when the slow down hit.

Jon, Stockport, UK

For once - you wish Labour stayed in Power in the Next General Election - that way when the Economic Downturn starts to Really hurt we would still be able to blame them for it.

If Conservatives come into power the next election - God Bless them - for they will, henceforth, always be assosciated with Economic calmities - Vote Labour - only for the next election though

Coolsingh, London, Middlesex

So the penny has finally dropped with voters.as rcession bites. Nulabour must be thrown out. after ten years of fraud and a con-trick which has used a boom in the world economy to mask disastrous policies which will change Britain forever. The encouragement of wholesale unrestricted immigration to with 800,000 people from eastern Europe allowed to settle in Britrain on top of the continuing flow from Asia and Africa will be seen as the most damaging decision taken by any government since the war, These Nulabour ideologues with their high tax,neo-marxist control freakery and PC mantras have by this policy alone so damaged the social fabric of our country that it is difficult to see how it can be repaired. And now the same old promises on improving schools, health care and fiddling the crime statistics that we got ten years ago -the only difference everything, yes everything ,is now so much worse. Election now -labour out -for the sake of the country.

david, uzes, france

The poorest are being punished. What Mr Brown is doing is the result of prolific spending by the government. Mr Brown has destroyed the pensions of millions along with a 100 billion industry, sold off the Gold reserves at less than one third today’s price against B of E advice, Sold off all the Gas Sewer Water, Telephone Utilities to foreigners, Sold the last car producer for virtually nothing, presided over the first Bank crisis where men and women had to queue for their money, then because of his prevarication and delay has unbelievably spent 100 billion supporting a mortgage bank, where he wouldn’t spend ten cents support our car industry, increased petrol prices by over taxation, proposing the sell off of NHS Hospitals to raise more £Billions, presided over the closure of thousands of Post office Branches and putting whole towns in jeopardy. Paid the EU 150 billions over 13 years 95%of which is unaccounted for/missing. Save on Fuel bills go to www.toamazing.com/freecheapfuel.html

Jas, Alders, UK

Time he and Labour start resigning and taking responsibility for the mess they have created in the UK.
I equate the Labour Government to a lottery winner that has no experience of handling money and they blow the cash just as labour as done to our cash, so they now want to 'rip off' the British people even more.
Just look at fuel prices they are and will impact on food and all things that we have live.
What are they doing about? They "fiddle while Rome burns" Off course all MP's get many things on ex's so are not in the real World.
God help us!

Andy Moore, Solihull, West Midlands

I'm amazed so many people voted Labour the third time around. Gordon Brown showed he is scared of public opinion when he backed down on calling a general election after becoming Prime Minister. His decision to axe the 10p income tax rate was made last year when, financially, times were better. His refusal to reverse the decision in the current climate will damage him even further.

Like Jon in France, I'm also glad I left

Mark, The Hague, Netherlands

I'm sorry. Can any of you who decided that the leopard had changed its spots and voted Labour in really say you're surprised they've done this?

They did this to the country the last time they were in power, and will do it again next time, because there is always one more generation of naive young idealists. Some of them fail to grow up and become labour MPs, who think "But these ideas will work this time" without looking at past evidence of those self same ideas utterly failing.

Yes, there were some bad times under the conservatives, but let us not forget that Margaret Thatcher's government paid off most of the national debt, stopped Mr Scargil trying to run the country and brought interest rates back under control after the ERM debacle.

Helen, Newbury, UK

One more term of Labour would almost certainly allow them to accomplish their goal of completely dismantling our country as we know it!
I hope people are at last beginning to understand what a socialist agenda really means.

peterj, aberdeen, uk

Brown will never become an elected Prime Minister, he just isn't fit for purpose.

hillu, Perth, Australia,

The time to raise this issue was over a year ago in the parlimentary debate on the budget that introduced the 10% rate removal. Where were the rebels then? This seems more like members trying to distance themselves from something that they now realise will lose them even more votes at the next election.

Jason, dereham, uk

Why would anyone want to voite Lib-Dem? They are potentially, nay likely, worse than Labour. Throwbacks to the good ol' days of the 70s

Billy Barnett, HK,

Its time for a change Labour have been in power too long. The party that brings us back to the centre of politics will win the next general election.

Jim Mc, Delft, holland

The worse thing which could happen to the country now, would be a hung parlaiment , with the Loopy Libs holding the balance of power.

Big Ger, Cornwall , England

Tax tax tax tax , oh the answer is tax , never have is seen such people out of touch with the people on the street! ..... Smarmy. liars, pencil pushers no common sense, selfish pocket lining relics of old England....... Democracy? what? We didn't vote that man in ! he voted himself in! just like he didn't bother taking into account the referendum in Europe, and just like he didn't listen on GOLD PRICES ! yes that man is a fake! in a corporate company he would have been sacked years ago, but guess what some corporate Idiot will hire him just like tony blair! but let me tell you something its not beacause of his dazzling super brain or knowledge he has, but the slimey contacts he has up his sleeve for contract awarding ;-) GET RID OF THAT MAN AND PARTY

lee h, leeds, uk

The thing the public should not forget and this is the most disastrous decision made by Brown and Labour is the denial of giving the country the right of a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Signing up to this treaty will
change Britain completely and within 2 to 3 years will have the country under total control of Brussels. Which means Germany and France will have achieved
what they have been trying do for a 100 years, and that is see Britain on its knees.

Barry Holmes, Christchurch, New Zealand

It reminds me of the film the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Which one is Mr Brown I wonder?

Danny, Leeds, UK

England needs a referendum on whether to keep the satrapy nations in subsidy clover with the benefit of jettisoning Scottish MPs from the English Parliament

CCTV, Halifax, England

Caroline, people are the worst kinds of voters - one election Tories, the next Labour - absolutely no convictions at all or understanding of politics at all. You blow with the wind and aim only to satisfy yourselves. Labour has many achievements in power (we should not forget or take for granted), but no government can stay in power over ten years before becoming tired. You'll be voting Tory and saying the same about them in ten years.

Michael, Newcastle, UK

Brown's bubble has burst. The only thing that can save the New Labour Project now is that plenty of us remember the Tories as being just as bad. Labour's failing is that it has just copied the Tories' boom and bust policies, only with a much larger scale of personal and national debt involved.

Paul, Coventry,

It has taken a long time for the politicians to understand the significance or removing the 10% tax band. Frankly in our benefit dependant society there should be a significant 10% band for all - say a band of £5 or £10k; it is not right to say we increase benefits to compensate.
Work must be properly rewarded to breed the nation off benefits.
It is a little like the removal of the tax credit from pension funds - it took a long time to really sink in.
Get this mob out of power - they are wrecking the fabric of the nation.

William, London, England

after the introduction of the 20p tax band and losing the 10p tax band , he has lost my vote, poor me has got to pay more in taxes to the government. I when he abolished the 10p rate why did he not give us an increased tax allowance to compensate for it. I've voted Labour in the past but will not at the next election.they have made people earning £30K better off but not us who only have about £6k and a partner who has a bit more than me.

Zylon, Northampton,

Whaqt is absolutely amazing - after the performance of the last year - is that according to this poll 33% of the electorate are STILL prepared to vote Labour. What is wrong with these people - haven't they had enough of the misery Gordon and cronies have inflicted on the country.

Donna Walker, Effingham, Surrey

I agree with Phil, bring on the BNP. labour has hung itself with abolishing to 10p tax

Zylon, Northampton,

Time for the BNP, I don't want to be ruled by the Fascist corrupt EU.

james brown, sandown, falklands

I recall Mathew Parris saying some time back that the last thing Cameron needed was to win an election; it would be better to let the electorate see how bad things had become to give the Conservatives a sound victory.

How wise. David Cameron must be thanking his gods that Brown bottled an election last autumn or he and Letwin would have to deal with the economy and the banks.

I predict that when Labour are back in the wilderness for another 20 years they will not be blessed with another Blair, able to see what went wrong, they will be cursed with another Benn who claims that they were not radical enough, did not interfere enough etc.

tom, huddersfield, UK

Shocking NEWS ... the Times manipulates the news...no mention of the BNP...

Hugh E Torrance, London, England

The fact that ANYBODY would consider voting Labour just shows how many fools and criminals - the only two groups who could possibly hope to benefit from Brown's continued stay - there are in the UK.

I'm glad I left. You're all welcome to this mess you've caused for yourselves.

Jon Leigh, Beautiful rural southern, France

It took the voters a long time to realize what a deceitful Prime Minister Tony Blair was. It has not taken so long to find out the same about Gordon Brown. Now is the time for David Cameron to consolidate his advantage and build an unassailable momentum. Let us hope he is up to it.

Reg Tripp, Alton, Hampshire

If no political party has a "majority" after the next election then for the first time since the early 1960s the representation at Parliament will reflect the way people have actually voted. It never ceases to amaze me how out of touch all policicians are with the electorate. What a bunch of clowns they are. Not in the slightest bit funny though.

Neil, Gloucestershire, England

It's Cameron's turn to benefit from the cyclic protest vote that used be the prerogative of the Lib Dems. Fortunately for the Tories they don't have to say right now what they would do to improve things other than look friendly. Local elections are simply a popularity poll and a completely fickle barometer.
Brown isn't going anywhere until 2010. He'll battern down the hatches, go throught the storm and come through claiming to have kept the ship afloat inviting people to ask what might have happened if rookie Cameron had been on the bridge.

Ray Cobbett, Emsworth, Hants,

I am sick to death of Labour.

I voted them for them in 97 and 2001 but they've got nothing left to offer. We need a real change of direction. We need a general election and we want it NOW.

Caroline, Manchester, UK

Yet a 6% Tory lead remains remarkably small given the government's woes - certainly not enough for an actual majority in parliament, particularly given regional differences, let alone a 'landslide'. things may look different in the Home Counties.

For many people, there is no-one who looks particularly appealing to vote for at the moment.

Mike Homfray, LIVERPOOL, UK

Time for more to vote Lib-Dem

C Parkes, Birmingham,

Finally, something the Labour Party can't blame Blair for. Serves them right for stabbing Blair in the back.

Paul Francis, Brisbane, Australia

Just like any of our parties that are in power for a few years they become comepletely arrogant in the face of oppossition ,and believe they are always right ,Tories did the same last time and paid for it now its Labours turn .Is there anything left to tax ?

R Massey, Draycott in The Clay, derbys

The country has a choice - please, please, please don't vote them in again.

Ros, Croydon, UK

The Labour Party and Mr Brown and pals have a lot less support than that in Scotland.

joe miles, greenock, scotland

The removal of the 10% tax band is Gordon Brown’s own rope.

Ad, UK,

Gordon Brown has had a charisma bypass.

That alone will condemn him and Labour to defeat. It is as if we don't have a Prime Minister.

Worse than Blair? How would we know when Gordon hides in the shadows?

I predict a Tory landslide!

Martin, Crawley, West Sussex

Brown is bringing the country and his Party down. It should have been a hint when he denied the Party members a vote on his leadership. Jo Brown or is it Gordon Stalin ?

I am so glad I'm out of the Party these days !!!

Ian Payne, WALSALL,

Please can we have a general election. Please. Please. Please

apw, bristol,

Could Brown have a more damning epitaph than "Worse than Blair"?!?

Adam Carew, London,

The Labour Party stabbed Blair in the back to get Brown - I wonder if they all now think it was worth it?

Phil, Lancaster, UK

Going back on the abolition of the 10p tax band would benefit us all not just the lower paid. Gordon Brown needs to figure out a way of selectively helping those who are being disadvantaged by the change; only then will he gain respect from the electorate.

john, milton keynes,

Scrapping the 10p band of income tax will be seen as Brown's 'Poll Tax'.

William, Scunthorpe, UK

And how, may I ask can Mr Brown or Mr Darling appease the lower earning voters? If I get kicked in the face I don't normally accept someone who says 'I didn't mean that' - I naturally want to retaliate.

Can they reduce the tax burden - bearing in mind they are £43 billion in deficit this year? Are there any prudent measures they could take?

And politically a change would be a disaster - remember the Tory volte face when increasing VAT on power.

The mistake they made was to change the perception that income was going up - albeit more slowly than it should have done due to fiscal drag - into the fact that take home pay will reduce. People will look at their payslips and vote accordingly.

John Wood, Hull, UK

Someone should tell Labour of the fourth way its called the backdoor. Goodbye to rubbish.

steve tea, manchester, cheshire

By the look on his face, he maybe getting the message.

Bob, Warrington, Cheshire

Polling methods have changed since the 1990s as are response to the large overestimation of the Labour vote.

New methods would have dampened down some of the higher poll leads.
They won with 12%, then 5%, then 2% [not 20 or 25].

Alice D, Wakefield, England

bring on the BNP.....this lot have had it..

Phil, rugby, UK