According to Grice
Cometh the hour, cometh the man? Delegates to the Labour conference have fallen for a new darling. It's not Gordon Brown, or David Miliband, but a backbencher – Jon Cruddas, the left-of-centre MP for Dagenham.
His star is rising so fast that senior ministers expect to see him sitting round the cabinet table with them if, as expected, Mr Brown reshuffles his team soon. And for the first time, Mr Cruddas is giving serious thought to running for the leadership if the Prime Minister is ousted before the general election.
In part a resurgence of the left will help his cause
the global financial crisis makes the Cruddas agenda of state intervention to correct market failures, a crackdown on City excesses, a windfall tax on the energy companies and higher taxes for the rich seem timely and respectable.
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