You’ve got one year, ministers tell Gordon Brown

[Morris Onions]

Gordon Brown will have a year to show that he can turn around Labour’s fortunes after its drubbing in last week’s elections, senior ministers said yesterday.

As backbench sniping at his leadership intensified, ministers canvassed by The Times said that Mr Brown, who has been Prime Minister for less than 12 months, must be allowed time to fight back.

But several agreed that if Labour’s ratings did not improve in the coming year, his position might at that point become untenable. One said: “If we have not moved on by this time next year, we will be looking at certain defeat in the general election. At that point, people who see no point in putting themselves forward might feel they have nothing to lose, or Gordon himself might think it’s time to go.”

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3872739.ece