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55% of Left leaning panellists agree Brown should go

June 5, 2009 10:43 am

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Left or right? By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982

A poll of parliamentarians – including some in the cabinet – as well as journalists and political editors supports the belief that it is in the best interests of the Labour Party for Gordon Brown to stand down.

The poll, conducted by Phi100 (Britain’s most authoritative survey of inside and expert poltical opinion) for PoliticsHome, found that 55% of Left leaning panellists agree that Labour would be better off electorally were the leadership to change.

Two thirds of all respondants said that the time is right for Brown to leave Number 10.

The only group on the panel who go against the majority view are the non-aligned, who say a coup would not be in the party’s best interests by a margin of fifty five to forty five.

The survey was conducted yesterday before James Purnell made his shock announcement to resign from the Department for Work and Pensions.

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