Is Labour Imploding?

As someone who spends a lot of their time working on words, albeit in an academic setting, I was very interested in the open letter to all Labour MPs by Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt.

This appears to be a well-crafted third way, essentially saying some people are arguing for a leadership campaign, adn some are not but that to lance this boil we must have a secret ballot of MPs, and that whatever the result all MPs should abide by the decision.

This seems to present the letter writers as innocent neutrals. This may or may not be the case, but I suspect that I suspect that the supporters of Brown my suggest that this is not a third way, but actually a letter from those who have been involved in the calls. Irrespective of the motives and political in-fighting that appears to be going on, the letter is an interesting example of how important precise words can be. It also shows, despite the growth of the political bloggersphere, that it is probably still media that has greatest political impact on setting the agenda.