Bye-elections are traditional times for giving unpopular governments a good kicking but the results from Crewe and now Glasgow East are something different. I am a Unionist and so I really don't like a SNP victory but at the moment I like Labour even less.
For Labour to lose a seat that has been Labour since Pontius Pilate's time is a complete disaster. Backbench MPs will be looking over their shoulder's at their majorities because there - even accepting that bye-elections can have odd swings - probably isn't a safe labour seat in the coutry at the moment.
I am in two minds about what to do: The Conservative in me wants Brown to continue in No. 10 because frankly they are unelectable if he remains in power - and could possibly destroy Labour's chances for years to come but at what cost to the country (although I suspect that Labour are probably doomed anyway)?
Additionally, although we do not have a presidential system, changing prime ministers twice between elections in unheard of in the last 100 years (Iain Dale had a discussion on this back in May which seems to have disappeared from his site) so realistically if Brown goes there MUST be a General Election.
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