Brown does'nt get it and nor do you.HE IS NOW SURPLUS TO REQUIRMENT,so you my be if your rationale does not improve.

Robert, Derby, Derbyshire

gordon brown had taken away our freedom its either tax it or ban it or fines no eu referendum he claims to know where he went wrong he hast a clue how deep it goes the latest 10p tax fiasco its a long line of things i will never vote for labour mass imagration i could go on on and

sandra, brighton , england

Can anyone remeber new labours election song from 1997,
"things can only get better"?Well from day one i've watched in dispair as only got worse.
Why has it taken the electorate 11 years to figure it out?

Ken, Shrewsbury, Shropshire

As an outsider to Britain, I can not help but be struck by the Labour Party's most vocal concern during the course of these past weeks, namely the well being of the Labour Party itself. Perhaps it might be a good time to take back your country from these despots, before there is no Britain?

cris, oslo, norway

If you really have any intrest in what I as a voter thinck I am filled with horror at the stupidity of your manta of building 3MILLION houses due to your insane immigration policys for which water,gas,electricity,food and somewhere to dump the rubbish are unsustainable in the decades to come.

robert, ashford, U.K

Claiming the economy has been in 'good hands' this past decade beggars belief. Brown has been the architect of the current predicament and has laid the foundations for huge difficulties in the future. He never was suitable for PM and should pass the job to someone who is.

simon, uk,

"The best way for this country is to realise the " new" conservatives are just the old ones in emperor's new clothes. "


Wasn't it the other way around ? New Labour was the same old class warriors,but these never had day jobs.

Peter, Manchester, England

I just wish it had been a General Election last Thursday - this government are taking this country to a very low place and I have never felt more like moving abroad. We have nothing to be proud of anymore. Gordon is micro management at it's very worst and unelected!

Cathy, Colchester, England

Blair and Brown alienated most of Labour's traditional voters. Flint called council tenants lazy;Those on IB are always patronised,and even kept sick by NHS eugenic neglect,but told to get to work ;Smokers are continuosly hounded to quit.Labour only appeal to the rich,landlords and immigrants.

J Daggett, Blaydon, England

No final warning, no wake up call. Enough is Enough.

Malcolm, London,

Exposed for what you are! Old labour in disguise! Time's up. Goodbye.

Richard Corfield, Witney,

We know that we are the heaviest payers of tax on fuel in the western world and it has nothing whatsoever to do with global instability.
If he's really listening and that would be a first for this lot - he could make a start by knocking 10p off a litre of petrol.
p.s.Don't hold your breath.

philip, Ipswich,

Gordon Brown says that he wants to listen and learn and lead. So why is there “no escape from the challenges of the controversial terror and human embryology legislation.” Try listening first, but as someone else has written on another site, if he is still there, he is not listening.

Shaun Hexter, London, UK

Final warning??

Dont delude yourself. Loser.

ronnie, uk, uk

"The servant, exalted to the condition of a master, generally becomes a tyrant." ... Labour can never escape this fact of life.

Steve Bush, Cirencester, UK

The author doesn't understand that this government's time is up and the longer it stays in office, the worse it will be for the country. The New Labour Project destroyed the Labour Party by cutting it off from its working-class roots and now its affair with the middle-classes is finished.

Paul, Coventry,

Ivan. Are you the same Ivan Lewis whose remarks regarding the Tory win in Bury were branded disgraceful by Adam Boulton on Sky? You lost it that night and you will lose it in the General Election. As a life long Labour voter I will never vote for your party again. Shalow salesman the lot of you.

Patrick , Welshpool,

When I started reading this article, I didn't realise it was written by a Labour MP. Didn't take long though!
New Labour, same as Old Labour. Falling for the 'time for a change' message happened in 1997. And we were promised a referendum!

Rockette, London, UK

You've had 11 yrs to achieve some of this.11 wasted yrs; 11 yrs taxing everything that moves and most things that don't; unregulated immigration; the Human Rights Act which helps terrorists not the British people; & 1 year of reneging on the EU ConTreaty referendum. Its not just about the 10p band

Donna Walker, Effingham, England

"Gordon Brown’s unquestionable commitment to the pursuit of social justice must be central to our narrative. "

Errr that boat left the pier when he was caught out on the 10p tax grab. Ivan Lewis must be some sort of nutter if he thinks people will swallow this. Brown is two-bob and he knows it.

Damien, Monchengladbach, Germany

I think people should be careful what they wish for. The best way for this country is to realise the " new" conservatives are just the old ones in emperor's new clothes. Labour and Lib Dems have a duty to the UK's future wellbeing by keeping out the Tories from power for at least another generation

Mac, Manchester, UK

"Gordon Brown’s unquestionable commitment to the pursuit of social justice"? Surely this is the most questionable thing about the man. His only pursuit was to be PM, a job he is plainly not up to. He avoided facing election either by party or country and will hang on to the bitter end in 2010.

Phil Sellek, Northwich,

...."Ultimately, people will have to make a real choice between the leadership of Gordon Brown and David Cameron as they ponder their own interests and the national interest..." Not true Ivan. People will not be voting for leadership - they will be voting for the complete absence of leadership.

Tim, Wirral,

As usual, too little, too late. New Labour philosophy is Old Labour dogma re-packaged and re-branded. It didn't work for Wilson, Callaghan and the Welsh Windbag, so why did people believe that Blair and Brown could make it work?

Tax and Spend is a short-term fix which fixes nothing.

David Wood, Accrington, England

They can and should change the leader as his personal failings offer no prospect of recovery. There is a price for changing leaders, but offering Brown as a human sacrifice may sate the public blood lust and install someone more appealing and competent. More on this: http://brown-out.blogspot.com

Michael Davies, London, UK

More delusions. Unless Gordon and Brownites accept they are singlehandedly responsible for what has happened since Oct last year and voluntarily make way for a Blairite govt, Labour will be swept from office for a generation. Stand not upon the order of your going.

Lucy Diamond, Melbourne, Australia,

All just words, nice fine platitudes but not one concrete policy. New Labour is (was) just smoke and mirrors. Its over. Ivan those footsteps at your door is the postman with your P45.

Rob Champion, Lima, Peru

Dear Mr Lewis,
Feel free to unburden yourself of the 'burden of responsibilty' and urge your leader to resign.
I for one would never trust or vote for a labour Government again and the sooner this country is rid of this government, the better.

sophie smith, london,

I think it's going to be difficult, Ivan. Brown seems constantly convinced that's he's right and everyone else is wrong. He says that he's going to listen but it's absolutely clear that he's used to doing things his own way... and he looks really really awkward on TV - new leader needed, now!

Perry Smithwick, market harborough, u.k.

He will lose simply because he will not let the people have a referendum on the EU contituition(I call it by it'r real name)

Syd, l, uk

"We should do all we can to sweep away the petty rules and unnecessary state interference which protect no one , do not reflect our values and are an affront to common sense." Excellent. But why only now after 11 years. Only if labour institutes common sense as a basis for law will they survive.

David, Tauranga, New Zealand

My ward has remained largely unchanged since the 60's. It has always been solid Labour except for 1966 (Tory) and now 2008 (LibDem).

These core supporters have stopped supporting the party because the party no longer supports them. O.K. - Prioritise the middle classes - but expect consequences.

Ted, UK,

There is one thing that annoys me in the Labour Party rethoric and this the constant mentra that Labour is on the side of hard working families. How about single people (a big segment of the UK I must add), is Labour not on their side then?, must they get married, raise a family? alienating it is...

Nabil, London, UK

You have run out of time. Labour is the weakest link. Goodbye.

Peter Davies, Halifax, West Yorkshire