The credit crunch and the massive rise and continued high price of energy is causing global pain.

However, this cannot be a navel gazing summer of personality debates and leadership speculation. Gordon is the man to lead Britain and I can offer several compelling reasons why.

A dispassionate analysis of the last 11 years will show a record of which to be proud.

The minimum wage, tax credits and economic policies leading to record employment levels have boosted the incomes and living standards of millions.

Increases to the state pension, creation of pension credit and introduction of winter fuel payments have lifted 2million pensioners out of poverty.

Tougher sentencing and more effective policing have cut crime by nearly 40%.

These are all significant achievements and Gordon Brown, as Chancellor, was central to the formulation and implementation of these policies.

The world is now in a period of economic uncertainty and volatility and as such we must ask ourselves who is best equipped to chart us through these stormy conditions?

I would contend that Gordon, after masterminding 11 years of uninterrupted growth (a unique feat in the G8), is the man for the job.

However, in undoubtedly trying times we must also assess the alternative – David Cameron. Remember this is the man who was an advisor to Norman Lamont on Black Wednesday, one of the most inept economic debacles Britain has ever seen.

Does anyone truly believe he is the individual with the answers to the global credit crunch, fuel and food price shocks?

What is Cameron's vision for Britain? No one knows what the Tory Party stands for, not even their own MPs. Don't get me wrong, Cameron is a good salesman, a bit slick perhaps – but visionary?!

What Gordon must do is rethink how we communicate our core values: putting power in the hands of the many, not the few. Protecting the least able – maintaining our passion to improve public services. Perhaps we also need to improve our narrative and how we express our ideas.

For me Gordon is the Leader to deliver not just the policies but the voice and the energy too.