Glen / London "When folk have the choice those who can remember beyond the last ten years."
Every Labour government since 1945 has left the economy in a worse state than that they inheritied. A booming world economy meant that couldn't be done in one term - but they've managed it eventually.

Bernard, Edinburgh, Scotland

what is quite evident is that all those Liberal Democrat gains at by-elections over the years have meant absolutely nothing...how many Liberal Democrats does it take to change a light bulb?....Liberal Democrats don't change anything!

colin, dunfermline, scotland

After 11 years of Socialist wrecking, disaster looms for the UK whoever gets in next.

Having said that, it's still nice to see that despicable man Brown finally get his comeuppance.

Jon Leigh, Safely out of it in rural, France

The people who ousted Blair, deserve Brown. (and that includes all members of the public who wanted Blair out - you know who you are) It's not as if you didn't have plenty of time to see what Brown was like, before booting Blair out. So don't whinge about Brown - you got what you wanted.

Paul Francis, Brisbane, Australia

John Major didn't win as much as Neil Kinnock lost, the difference between now and then is that Cameron isn't Kinnock, having far greater personal popular appeal.
No amount of hand washing can cleanse the stain of these years of squandered wealth and opportunity by Labour

Charles, Appleby, UK

Glen London
Toryism is evil is it?
Look around you, who do you think has been running Britain for the last ten years?
It certainly is'nt the Labour Party my father joined sixty years ago.

Michael Rigby, blackburn,

Glen/London "At least labour has rebuilt our schools and hospitals and closed the tin huts.Toryism is evil"

And they did it by hiding the astronomical cost, to be paid by future generations via PFI schemes.
MRSA, nurses with no jobs, kids who can't read; All thanks to NuLabour and Gordon, whoopee

Glenn, wales,

When folk have the choice those who can remember beyond the last ten years will remember the Tories who brought about 3m unemployed,15% interest rates,the closure of factories,schools and hospitals.At least labour has rebuilt our schools and hospitals and closed the tin huts.Toryism is evil.

Glen / London, London, UK

As Alan of Chelmsford said Labour have Lied and Lied again, and even now they just do not get it they just do not know just how they bad they are and how much people hate them.

keith lyons, stockport, england

NuLab brought in the mini wage, the new deal and have never had a recession. Thacther had two recessions.

Joe Wheelbarrow, Brent, England

No Nulab, ZaNuLab, or any other configuration. Just let them go and hope that DC has more in him than is apparent at the moment. BUT NO BROWN, "Sowhat" Balls, Blears, Harman, Milliband etc.,

M. Cawdery, Portadown, Co. UK, EU.

This is not just about 10p tax - NuLab incompetence and the corruption of democracy goes back to Bliar.

An illegal war based on deliberate lies (£5bn to date - 222 British & 100,000+ civilian deaths, whitewashed enquiries, Health Service, education, prisons & immigration, banking & financial, etc

R Bingham, Lauzun, France

The latest IMF report on UK economy says that we are in deep doo-doo and in response a Treasury spokesman said: "The UK economy is strong and resilient, with strong fundamentals such as low debt, and record levels of employment."

I wonder why we don't believe Nulab?

Kevin, Workington, Cumbria

Mike, Alicante, Spain - Not so I'm afraid, Gerald Ford became President without ever having been elected to office, he became VP on the resignation of Spiro Agnew and then President on Nixon's resignation so he got to hold the highest office in the land without anyone ever having voted for him

Jon Boorman, Charlotte, NC, USA (Ex-UK)

Surprising media commentary coming from Murdoch. I wonder where this bandwagon is going?

Steven Farquhar, London, UK

Et Tu Harriet

Keith, Hull,

If the Labour Party can muster up the courage to appoint a younger more articulate leader like David Miliband then I would consider voting for them at the next election.

A. Hunt, London, UK

A leader voter by his party is still not a leader voted for by the country and Brown was foisted on the country by the men in grey suits that run Nulab. At least in the USA presidents are voted into office independently of party allegiances, Britain does not have that level of democracy.

Mike, Alicante, Spain

Plus ca change, plus la meme chose as the French would say (the more things change the more they remain the same). What is the point in throwing-out the Real New Labour Party to be replaced by a vacuous New Labour Lite/Blue Labour Party?

Barry Scarfe, Brentwood, United Kingdom

Labour now are making the mistake the Tories did over the past ten years; namely thinking a change of leader would change the parties fortunes.

Unfortunately for them, the problems run much deeper, and the '92 escape for the Tories was on the back of the country not trusting Labour under Kinnock

Damian, London,

Is it me, or is does the summary of this piece in the box to the right completely contradict the article itself?

Colin, Glasgow,

Brown was elected by the whole Labour Party, not just MPs. The constituency parties voted whether to nominate him and the majority did so. Those voting at constituency meetings were elected representatives of the membership who acted in accordance with members' views. More of a mandate than Major.

Miriam, London,

GB has never fought a General Elections as leader and so has no mandate to be PM. Maybe this didn't matter much in the past, but now Scots have own Parliament, English and perhaps also the Welsh may deliberately or sub-consciously be anti an 'unelected' Scot as PM controlling our domestic agenda.

Colin, Sarlat, France

New or Old Labour is on the way out at last. They have debased politics with their lying spin, wasted incredible amounts of money, seriously damaged the economy and created too many none jobs. Sadly we will have to wait ubtil 2010 to see them off.

Philip, Wantage,

We're sick of being taxed with no representation. We want a country we can be proud of, and one in which we feel hope and optimism. The morale of the British is being culled. 10p tax is just one of many things that we're sick of. We don't want to feel the weight of oppressive government.

W Smith, Manchester,

The big difference is that labour have already changed their unpopular long-term leader and enjoyed and squandered the bounce it gave them.

Mat G, london, uk

We certainly should dump NuLabour, but there's no point going back to the Tories. Let's try the new ones!

C Blackmore, Melksham, England

Labour MPs we hear are seriously considering a change of leader. While the opposition parties will improve their future election results if Mr Brown stays. It makes for great entertainment.

jj, Peterborough, UK

Politicians of all parties frequently fail to inspire, but this current lot of self-important "representatives" take the biscuit. Even as they take money from the pockets of the less well-paid, they vote for themselves to have their childcare bills paid for by us. Cameron - take notes!! Get real!!

Sue, Bedale, North Yorks, UK

Labour are not the way forward but nor is Tony Blair Mark II (Cameron). The UK is a busted flush and voters in Scotland and Wales want different policies to England.

The only answer is mutual independence but apart from the laughable anti Scottish English Democrats, England has no party.

Joe Middleton, Edinburgh, Scotland

What we have here is a Prime Minister who was not elected by the people and as such has no mandate to lead the country.

All Brown knows is how to tax people and he does this pretty well.

If he believes the people are behind him to deliver us through tough times let him call an election and see

Steve Ryan, Newcastle, United Kingdom

A weak vacuous analysis. House prices will collapse, the Western economy will collapse, food riots in China and India, collapse of their economies, huge numbers of people, ie everyone, in negative equity. Would you really vote for a Tory government in such circumstances? Would you heck as like!!

Bertie Evans, Dundee, UK

its a shame the public has no recourse to remove the govt now.Maybe we, the public ,should have the right to instigate and hold a public vote of no confidence for the instant removal of this govt... why should we have to wait another 2 years?

Sam, London , UK

Regarding Alan of Chelmsford's comment, it is not that Labour cannot tell the truth or, for that matter, cannot tell a lie. The fact is because of their relativistic sense of morality, which owes all to expediency and nothing to a politically philosophical position, they cannot tell the difference.

Steve Buckel, Braunau-am-Inn, Austria

This Labour farce has favoured the benefit class, stay at home, no job, and commitments. It has over the past decade penalised those families that pay higher-than-Europe taxes, just to feed the other class. Enough is enough - I say call a referendum, and oust the Labour party out of power

B Bhana, Harrow, UK

I suspect that the electorate has little appetite for the Tories, but far, far less for Gordon Brown. As the Tories ran a "personal Message" to Brown campaign it seems that however loudly the electorate shouts at Gordon Brown he is the only one who doesn't get the message.

Neil, Gloucestershire, England

It is not a matter if the Tories come to power its when.
This Government are clapped out and Brown is a disaster as Prime Minister.
All they know how to do is tax us to death.

David Pearson, Blackburn, England

We might listen to labour if we ever found out they were capable of telling the truth rather than lie after lie after lie

Alan, Chelmsford, UK

Wonderful News
Dump Labour they are not the way forward.

c.bartlett, redhill, UK