So the speech has to have enough to sustain him, but not so much that the whole programme is plonked out. Tony has got the far easier speech." That puts the onus on the chancellor to show he is a leader in waiting reaching out beyond the hall to a questioning public. Patrick Diamond, a former Downing Street adviser and now LSE researcher, said Mr Brown had to show there was more to him than the economy. "He has to set out for Labour a wide ranging project for the future that ranges beyond the economy, to security, terrorism, foreign policy and quality of life," Mr Diamond said. "He has to demonstrate to the party how it can meet the challenges of globalisation and what it will mean for Britain in 20 years time." Richard Brooks, the deputy director of the IPPR thinktank, pointed out the complexity of the chancellor's task. "He has got a very difficult speech to make between, on the one hand, trying to differentiate himself from Tony and, on the other, being seen to go to the left ... "Equally, if he gives a very strong speech, it will be seen as a challenge to the leadership, and if he does not, he will be marked down and questions will be asked about whether he is the right man." Dennis MacShane, the writer and former foreign office minister, set the bar high. "I want to see a Gordon who was one of the great progressive European