Another bad start to the week for Brown

It’s not a great start to the week for Gordon Brown, as he prepares for relaunch no.29. After the pummelling he received from John Prescott, Cherie Blair and Stephen Byers over the weekend, more (former) Blairites have entered the fray. Foremost among them is Lord Levy, who’s conducted a series of interviews to hawk his new book. Here’s what he had to tell the Telegraph, when asked whether Brown should resign:

“You don’t really need to ask me that question … you need to look at the polls and see what the public believes and feels. I am actually stunned at what the polls are showing.

That’s a question that Gordon really needs to reflect on, his Cabinet need to reflect on and the Labour Party hierarchy and members of the Commons need to reflect on. But the polls certainly are not looking very pretty, to put it mildly.”

However, two anonymous quotes from the same article are more arresting.