Tuesday, July 29, 2008 Metro

Ten MPs are ready to quit to force Gordon Brown to resign, it is claimed.

There has been continued speculation about plots to oust him.

But the new bombshell threat was made to the Evening Standard newspaper.

A former minister told the newspaper: “I have spoken to several members of the Government who say they will resign if it proves necessary to provoke a change of leader before it is too late. There are probably at least 10.”

If true, it could mean the prime minister faces a mass resignation before Labour’s conference in September. Read the rest of this entry »

Guardian
Is this the moment when the end of Gordon Brown’s premiership comes clearly into sight?
July 30, 2008 9:38 AM
Well, David Miliband has unsheathed his typewriter and written an article for the Guardian, urging Labour to embark upon a “radical new phase” if it is to see off the Tory challenge. He talks about the future without once typing the word “Brown”.
As Patrick Wintour notes on page one of the paper today he offers “no overt disloyalty” but does not suggest – as ministers are now routinely supposed to – that the prime minister is the only man capable of undertaking the task ahead. Read the rest of this entry »

Independent

Saturday, 26 July 2008

The catastrophe that was last night’s by-election result for Labour had loomed ever since David Marshall MP announced his decision to step down. Glasgow East was the party’s third-safest seat in Scotland and one of the safest in the country. Yet everything, from the political climate to the timing, conspired to make even a 13,000 majority seem marginal. In the end, Labour lost the seat to the Scottish National Party by 365 votes. They are votes that could decide the fate not only of a Prime Minister, but of his party. Read the rest of this entry »