"The party was unwilling to give candidates of the far left any space to put forward their views, because they simply don't have support for their views in the Labour party".
Gordon Brown.
Sadly, my previous entry didn't have much impact on the Labour leadership race. John McDonnell got only 29 nominations, 16 short of the number needed to force a contest. In six weeks, Gordon Brown will be party leader and new prime minister.
The coronation isn't unprecedented in Labour's history. In 1931 Arthur Henderson was elected unopposed after the party had been split in two by Ramsay McDonald's decision to form a National Government. The following election saw a Conservative landslide; Labour were left with only 52 seats.
Luckily for Gordon, Tony Blair's other legacy was David Cameron.
