Brown’s return

Philip Webster reports in The Times this morning that Gordon Brown will begin his ‘re-launch’ tomorrow. Apparently, the Prime Minister is not inclined to reshuffle until October thinking that a reshuffle before then would not give ministers enough time to read themselves into their new brief before conference. It also appears that the Brownites will start a concerted push-back against the PM’s internal party critics emphasising how they are playing politics in a time of economic trouble, helping the Tories and are representative of a faction not the party at large.

Meanwhile in The Guardian, Yvette Cooper issues the now traditional attack on David Cameron for ducking the tough questions and for the supposed contradictions in his policies. She also tries to suggest that there is a split between Cameron and Osborne on fiscal policy. According to The Guardian, this is the opening salvo in a more personal line of attack on Cameron.