If Millibrain hasn't got the courage to take on BottlerBrown now he doesn't inspire any confidence in dealing with terrorists, Iran, Putin etc in the future.
If the 'challengers' have any sense hey'd let Bown lead them down to defeat in the next election and then go for the leadership. Some hope.

Angus, Malvern, Worcs

If Miliband says now is not the time to challenge Brown then when is the time? Brown has been inept since day 1 and things have not changed. What will giving him more time do for him and Labour? Nothing. The time has come for a leader in Labour or a call for a general election.

chuckles johnson, London, UK

Yes GB has made a mess but what realy worries me is that we are now going to eventually elect Dave but where is Dave. The country is going through the worst financial period since 1930 and Dave has not been seen or heard of. What are his polices for saving us from GB and the country from ruin.

Dave, mold, UK

"He is a huge talent in the party" Should try X factor - more chance of success, but I can imagine even that panel in fits of laughter. Ooops! wrong show should be Britains got talent especially if you can spin on your head. Should be a winner big head lots of spin. Can you name the last winner?

jimd, Norwich, uk

When are the great unwashed going to realise, that the only skills that elected politicians have, is...conning us into giving them our vote.

brian keating, agde, france

What makes me laugh about all these people stating that they can't wait to vote Labour out is that they think David Cameron and the Conservatives will be better! Oh, dear.

Tony Rome, Berlin,

Dan-swindon could not agree more.
If being loathed the length and breadth of Gt Britain and clinging by their fingertips to office while the country goes down the pan is viewed by Brown and Labour as positive government they will be in for a big surprise when we do get a chance to vote.

rob, Ipswich,

No point in trying to take over from GB as he not only has Harry Potter on his side but it is reported that Gandalf will speak in support at the Labour conference

Terry, Ankara, Turkey

What amuses me is that they are still talking as though somebody is still interested in what they have got to say.
They don't understand nobody is listening to this government anymore. Everybody is just now waiting for the time to vote them out, which is why they will be defeated in the by-election

dan, swindon,

Labour has missed the plot completely. They have suffered greatly under the leadership of Brown or the lack thereof. The time has come to challenge Brown and if Labour waits much longer to challenge Brown there will be nothing that can stop the eventual Cameron victory.

chuckles johnson, London, UK

Miliband - exactly what would make him a leader of anyone or anything? He's made a horlicks of each department he has run. Oh, he's bright? OK.

Jeremy Poynton, Frome, England

You can take the dunce hat off one and pass it to the other as much as you like, it wont change the outcome at general election. The only leadership issue of concern to them should be having a leader capable of avoiding absolute annihalation as a party at the polling booths.

charlie thomson, singapore, singapore

Where is David Cameron? Sitting in the wings waiting the PM,one Gordon Brown, to completely destroy the Labour Party for at least a generation. He is already desperately hanging on to the American actions in the current financial crisis claiming "I did it".
Horse and stable door spring to mind.

A.M. Williams, Stafford,

Oh my God! (Watch what I am going to do here). A senior political electee who professes not to believe in God! Halleluija! (See, I did it again) I admire religious people! I just don't want religious beliefs to be part of our deomcratic political system. What's wrong with an athiest at the helm?

Richard, Reading, UK

what, by the way, to all those critics, does Cameron and the Tories stand for? It seems they have finally found something in common with the city slickers and fat cats- both benefit from turmoil.

Ralph Aldin, London, UK

Do these two conceited children really believe that anybody in this country would like to have them as PM? Their only qualification seems to be that they take themselves very seriously. Even Brown is better!

Peter, Liverpool, UK

This touting of Miliband is all very well, but what does he actually stand for? What are his beliefs? Apart from (if I remember correctly) being incredibly pro-European, what are his policies to take the country forward? Perhaps the Times could do a piece on that.

James, LA, USA

David Milliband would be best to wait for 8 years, and this is coming from someone who doesn't care whether he lives or dies.

Charles, London,

foreign secretary? that naive to be PM? ha ha ha...thats great!

ht, cambridge, uk

"I don't aspire to that job"

Only a fool would, because whatever un-elected PM there is, they'll be taking labour to a defeat at the next election.

Only a fool... here comes Miliband

Peter, Oldham,

Come on David, anyone who doesnt vote for you needs their head examined. Enjoy No. 10.

Chris Caulkin, Beverley, Yorks

Navel gazing while the coutry struggles, what a party!

Dump the lot, leader, contenders, non contenders, snout in troughs dump them all.

Their undeserved pension costs would be cheap at half the price!

'what a shower, an absolute shower' qoute Terry Thomas Foreign and colonial et al

Mick Reilly, Doncaster,