Bye bye Labour?

So it's Red Ed, and on the basis of the speeches he made during the campaign, and the fact that he was not the first choice of either the MPs or party members, but succeeded on the back of the union vote, I can see nothing but trouble ahead for both him and the party.  I think Labour's only faint hope is that the coalition become so unpopular as a result of the spending cuts they are going to make and the consequences for jobs and services, that they are able to win the next election by default as it were.  But it's a very faint hope!