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By Alex Smith I just thought I'd go over some of the key remarks from Compass' No Turning Back Conference yesterday, which I thought was a very productive and inspiring debate. Like Tom Ogg, I do feel, however, that the day could have ended…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 On Monday night, half an hour into the the ciritcal PLP meeting to discuss the leadership crisis, Guido Fawkes published an "exclusive" bombshell that could have reversed the direction of this fateful week…
By Sunder Katwala / @nextleft This post was first published on NextLeft. The BBC reports that Gordon Brown is announcing plans to consider electoral reform - with the Alternative Vote, rather than a PR-system. The details are hazy: I expect…
From @LabourList Iain Dale is reporting that John Reid not only refused the Prime Minister's pleas to join the cabinet as Home Secretary, but that he also told the Prime Minister that he should step down for the sake of the Labour Party…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: Labour's Chief Whip and close Brown aide Nick Brown has tonight told reporters that those behind the email include Stephen Byers, Alan Milburn, Graham Allen, Graham Stringer, Paul Farrelly. For his own…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A rumour is circulating that Hazel Blears had planned to resign on Friday, after the European elections, but that her hand was forced after Downing Street apparently briefed that it was Blears who deliberately…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 Rumours are spreading within the Party that Downing Street leaked the details of Jacqui Smith's resignation without informing the Home Secretary of the timing of their disclosure, leading to widespread…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: I've now seen the interview with Gordon Brown and do think it was a more personable performance than I've seen from the PM for a while. There was a degree of honesty, and perhaps some over-compensating…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 David Cameron will tomorrow set out a series of pledges for reforming Parliament in the wake of the expenses scandal. Cameron uses an article in the Guardian today to go over some of those proposals, and says…
From @LabourList The Guardian has a fascinating article about the shadow culture secretary's call to freeze the TV licence fee last week, which it says was a "hugely symbolic" statement of intent and would signal a move toward deeper cuts…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 A piece in The Guardian today is speculating on possibilities for the imminent reshuffle, likely to take place in the week after the European elections on June 4. The most notable of these is the idea that…
By Duncan Weldon S&P, the ratings agency, has placed the UK's AAA bond rating on 'negative outlook'. This means they are 'considering' downgrading it in the future. The full S&P statement is here. In the context of the large expected rise…
