A Pizza Strategy for Labour?

Hopi Sen argues that Gordon Brown needs to run a Harry Truman-like campaign. That’s probably right. But Labour’s problem is that Brown is in a position that’s more like the Truman of 1951 than the surprisingly victorious Truman of 1948. The economy has done to Gordon waht the Korean War did to the great haberdasher and, like Truman, Brown’s approval ratings have plummeted. (At one point Truman’s slumped to 22%). Eventually, of course, defeat in the New Hampshire primary helped persuade Truman not to run at all and it was Adlai Stevenson who was defeated by Eisenhower.

It’s too late – surely! – for Labour to persuade Brown to step aside. Last week’s botched coup attempt was the final chance. So what can Labour do? Perhaps they could take some inspiration from an unlikely source: Domino’s Pizza.

Domino’s is awful. Even by the standards of franchised fast-food companies their pizza is terrible.