On Labour's Lot...

Some words given to LD from Tristram Hunt, television historian, and the new Labour MP for Stoke Central.

"Now the party will move down a generation. The Blair and Brown era is over and we can move on from some of the internal party struggles surrounding that.

"A lot of the energy that was spent on it over the years was not used effectively.

"The other lesson we learn from this is to have a full and open leadership contest.

"The nature of Gordon’s election didn’t help him I don’t think. Let’s have a debate about the last 13 years and see where the party goes from here."