1066 and all that (From The Northern Echo)

1066 and all that

12:24pm Wednesday 2nd July 2008 in

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ALL we schoolboy historians remember 1066, which heralded a great change within Britain - the culmination of the Norman Conquest. Our way of life, names and cultures were to be changed forever.

1066 for Gordon Brown may be so similar. It is, of course, the number of votes gained by Labour in last week's Henley byelection, plunging Labour below such minority parties as the Greens and the odious British National Party.

While Mr Brown no doubt never expected victory in this seat, the scant esteem in which Labour is held nationally reflected this pitiful, depositlosing tally.

Only a dithering buffoon would hang on until 2010. Go now, Gordon. Stop dragging Britain to uncharted depths.

Colin T Mortimer, Pity Me, Durham.