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Discusses the courses of actions that the British Conservative Party must take in order to recover from the electoral defeat it suffered in the hands of the Labour Party on May 1, 1997. Causes of the Conservatives' electoral defeat; Radical action needed by Conservatives to revitalize the party.

The author presents an open letter to Ed Balls, shadow chancellor of Great Britain's Labour Party, urging him to resign. He argues that Labour leader Ed Miliband would benefit from Balls' absence, and that by resigning Balls would make it possible for Labour to present itself to voters as a party rid of factionalism. He suggests that Balls consider teaching or writing a book during his hiatus from politics.