Sun kicks the PM

The Sun in its editorial gives Gordon Brown,the preverbial kick up the backside.Perhaps Murdoch after all is going to side with Labour at the next election

GORDON Brown enjoyed a well-deserved honeymoon as Prime Minister.
For three golden months he didn’t put a foot wrong.
So why have things gone adrift?
Ever since his conference speech in September, Mr Brown has stumbled from one unforced error to the next.
He rashly STOKED expectations of a general election — then called it off.
He TRADED on his record for economic prudence — then blew it in his shambolic Autumn Budget.
He VOWED to honour Labour’s manifesto promise of an EU referendum — and then reneged.
Meanwhile, he has thrown overboard every controversial policy in order to distance himself from the Blair years.
Supercasinos? Scrapped. Round-the-clock drinking? No way. Recriminalise cannabis? Maybe. Home Information Packs? Yes. No. Maybe. Bin collection tax? Who knows?
And we haven’t mentioned the shambles over immigration. Or illiteracy. Or hospital superbugs.
There have been too many stunts — like the attempt to trump the Tories on inheritance tax.
The PM has seemed too concerned with wrong-footing the Opposition — and pretending he’s been elsewhere for the last 10 years.
But Labour’s latest gaffe — the tax raid on small businesses — happened on his watch. That cock-up, and the clumsy attempt to fix it, was unveiled by Chancellor Alistair Darling. But it was Mr Brown pulling the strings.
Labour had an 11-point lead — now they are trailing the Tories.
Mr Brown needs to act swiftly and decisively to stop the sense of drift.