After making a few telephone calls to colleagues around the country, Brown invites The Observer in for an interview. Brown has one task over the next four days. He has to enthuse Labour's core vote. Grasp the heartlands by the scruff of the neck and say, whatever you do on Thursday, go into that booth and put a cross by somebody's name. There is a clear choice.
Public services are now at the centre of the agenda.
I feel very strongly that it is Labour values that are the mainstream values of the people of this country. We are speaking for the country in putting health and schools at the centre of the agenda,' he said. The key is that we are credible and radical. You used to be able to be credible without being radical or radical without being credible. Our aim is to be both.