Are the tectonic plates shifting?

This begins to look like a concerted plan. Some might even call it a plot. The BBC reports:

The Labour MP Joan Ryan has confirmed that she has also written to the party asking for a leadership election.
Ms Ryan, a Labour Party vice chair, confirmed on BBC Radio 4's Today programme that she had asked for nomination papers.
It comes after junior whip Siobhain McDonagh was fired after saying she wanted the debate on Gordon Brown's leadership to be out in the open.