Premier Paula Cox is being advised to call a summer election, but the Progressive Labour Party is said to be a long way from being ready for one.Some senior PLP figures want the Premier to cash in on a feel-good factor from her Budget which won support from unions and employers as well as disarray within the Opposition ranks.However, the PLP is said not to have the money in its war chest yet, while only a small handful of candidates are in place with plenty of jostling for position anticipated.Some say Ms Cox is keen to establish herself as Premier and put more distance between her own adminstration and that of her predecessor Ewart Brown.Ms Cox has not revealed her hand to party members, while her only public statement was to say there wouldn’t be one before Christmas 2010; the latest she can call one is the end of 2012.Many claim the Premier and Finance Minister has just delivered an election Budget by decreasing payroll tax and promising jobs are safe, while she avoided angering Bermuda Industrial Union by reinstating the bus driver who was fired two weeks ago.One PLP source said: “When you look at the pros and cons, she should really call a June election.“It was a feel-good Budget and she will gain some labour support, and the Opposition are at odds with each other and trying to figure out what to do.”Some PLP members say Ms Cox would be wise to call an election before the negative effects of the cuts in her Budget hit home.And while she is said to have galvanised the party following the major rifts characteristic of the Brown years, some pointed to the first sparks of disharmony in response to Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess taking an active role in union negotiations over the bus row.They said it might be sensible to call an election while everyone is largely on the same page.Others in the PLP said it was better to wait, to ensure Dr Brown’s regime is more of a distant memory among a voting public still angry at the former leader’s style, policies and gross overspending.And one PLP source argued there was no need to call an election now as the unrest in the Opposition “isn’t going anywhere”.“At some point we thought they would have got together for the Budget, but it looks like we’re still going to have two Opposition parties. I don’t think they’re a problem for her,” said that member.That source said the party would not benefit from a landslide election victory anyway, saying: “It would be completely the PLP’s fault if anything goes wrong.”Public relations officer Curtis Williams said right now the PLP is busy dealing with the Budget.“The Government and party agenda is a single-minded focus on ensuring that Ministers are taking it to the people in explaining the impact of the Budget,” said Mr Williams in a statement.“The PLP has just celebrated our 48th anniversary. We are a party that is staying the course in terms of core principles of encouraging equity and fairness and inclusion.“You will see this echoed again and again and again with the various Ministers and their respective Ministry missions.“There is so much work to do and that is our focus at this time and that is the commitment of our party leader and Premier. We have the people’s work to do. Nothing will distract us from that.“The speculation about a General Election is simply that: speculation. I am sure that when the party leader and Premier considers it appropriate she will call an election and she has ample time to do that given 2012 is the anticipated deadline.”l Useful websites: www.plp.bm