No party can survive in power for very long if civil war breaks out within its ranks. Memories of the Conservatives tearing themselves apart over Europe in the 1990's are still very fresh within political circles and the consequences of that and the perceived corruption (I don't like the word "sleaze") was that 11 years of opposition occured.
Once ranks start to be broken - and I think Miliband has initiated that process - then there is a cascade effect as people start jockeying for position and any pretence of unity starts to disappear.
Brown has lost authority and hence, I suspect, that we are going to be watching his descent into political oblivion.
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