Toxic atmosphere

Labour "grandee" (grandeza?) Tessa Jowell complains about the toxic atmosphere created by "party elders" in publicly criticising Ed Miliband.

Not sure who wrote the sub-heading "Party elders should have known better" but whoever it was needs to be advised that it is not just elders who are unhappy with the dithering inactivity of the Labour front bench.

Younger Labour activists are also publicly complaining as well as Labour students, gay socialists, trade unionists and women of color (Bonnie Greer actually wrote "wake the fuck up").

And the reason they are speaking in public instead of going through the "usual channels" is that their messages are not getting through the usual channels.