Labour's Late Deal

Today Gordon Brown will stand up in the House of Commons (no bad thing in itself given that it is a policy announcement he is making) and present a raft of proposals for “Building Britain’s Future”. There will be a time to debate the practical manifestations of Brown’s vision for Britain’s public services. But let us be clear: is the last year of a government that has been in power for 4380 days the time to radically transform public services? Where is the parliamentary authority? Where is the democratic legitimacy? Where is the goodwill of the country? Will old Labour really vote for such a raft of proposals?