Labour elected by a landslide. Events conspire to knock the government off course. Two years later Labour gets an absolute drubbing in the local elections , losing control of councils which a week before were rock-solid. Labour councillors ousted from Town and City Halls are vitriolic; Labour MPs panic. The Labour leader announces that he’s still the man to steer the ship of state to safety – and, just to annoy his internal opponents, later says “I know what’s going on. I’m going on”. Sounds