Interesting times - not a curse but a blessing

New leaders are emerging and party boundaries are being redrawn. But this 'instability' is not to be feared - it is a chance for the industry to become a more integral part of a new political landscape

The political landscape is changing dramatically. Within just a few months, the Conservatives have gone from being virtually dead in the water to posing a very real threat to Labour's prospects of winning a fourth term.

Then, just as the pundits were coming to terms with that seismic shift, the Liberal Democrats blundered into a leadership election of their own that will - whatever the two larger parties say - further alter the landscape.

This just leaves one certainty: that Gordon Brown will