The Bumbling Gordon Brown

Just weeks after his triumphant return from the G-20 summit on the economic crisis, having successfully led the team of leaders to a capitalist compromise on how to deal with the recession, Gordon Brown has been humiliated both at home and abroad, by those close to him, as well as his most staunch enemies.
The Labour Minister for Communities Hazel Blears has publicly attacked the government for their conduct, though still affirming that the Prime Minister is the right man for the job. Others have been far more critical of Superman Brown, including a large number of backbenchers who have completely defied the Labour whip by voting for a Liberal Democrat bill which would allow for the freer settlement of the Gurkha (Nepalese soldiers fighting for the Crown) in the United Kingdom. And by the end of the week all hopes for a settlement over the huge issue of MPs expenses was all but torn asunder by the Opposition and the Labour backbenches.
And that is just the home front. Brown recently received a tongue-lashing from the Polish Prime Minister on economics, as well as being stood up at a high level press conference with Pakistani President Zardari. This coming after the rousing speech made against Brown's fiscal policy in the European Parliament by the British Conservative MEP Daniel Hannan, the video of which soon became viral, making its way around the world.
As if this were not enough, former Home Secretary for the Labour government Charles Clarke has openly declared that recent cock-ups by the government make him «ashamed» to be a Labour MP. There is talk of replacing Brown with his Health Secretary Alan Johnson. This not to mention the possible defection of 12 Labour MPs to the Liberal Democrats, should the government lose their confidence with further incompetence.
Current polls give the Tories a 100 plus seat lead in the Mother of All Parliaments should the election be held tomorrow (note that Brown has just about 12 months to call a general election). The upcoming European Elections will largely be a referendum on the state of UK politics at the present time, rather than anything to do with the EU and its management. Should Brown suffer an even more humiliating defeat at this time, he will have no choice but to step down...or be pushed.