Blair feared “mad, bad” Brown: 8 in the morning – July 14th

8amBy Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

* Peter Mandelson’s latest revelations are that Blair thought Brown “beyond redemption”.

* Alastair Campbell tells Mandelson his memory is “playing tricks” – and offers to show him his own diaries.

* Ed Balls has denied that he was part on an “insurgency” against Blair.

* Kevin Maguire describes the deadly Tory threat to the NHS.

* We need to find a way to tackle this coalition – and quickly, says Jonathan Freedland in the Guardian.

* Labour would demand the resignation of Nick Clegg before any future Lib-Lab deal, says John Denham.

* The Herald says that the leadership candidates are taking “pot-shots” at party policy.

* And today’s Guardian editorial is on Labour memoirs…..

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