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By Hadleigh Roberts / @hadleighroberts Health Secretary Andy Burnham wore a black tie to the funeral of several careers on Sunday night, calling the election of two BNP MEPs "a sad day for British politics". The Twitterati and Facebookers…
By Stephen Gummer Having campaigned in London and spoken with voters in Wales and in my home town of Gloucester in the past month the most enduring message of all has been, 'Why doesn't Gordon Brown do something?' It's normally said in a…
By Paul Halsall I find a 15% Labour vote on a 30% turnout just unbelievable. It means only 1 in 20 of the electorate actually voted for the government. Personally I think the government's economic and foreign policies are right. I am…
From @LabourList Labour MP Frank Field has just put the following statement on his website: Labour supporters claiming that the European results were not a catastrophe for the party can only do so by inventing a new meaning for the word…
By Stephen Newton With the great hopes of the populist left, Jon Cruddas and John McDonnell, distancing themselves from those who seek to remove Gordon Brown the so-called Blairite plot should now fail. McDonnell still blogs at…
From @LabourList As the PM spoke to Labour members in East London this afternoon, Nick Robinson has given the PM 5 reasons to be cheerful. 1. There is no plan to unveil a list of backbenchers calling for him to go tomorrow morning. 2. James…
By Brian Barder I had been almost persuaded by the relentless drum-beat of Guardian editorials and columns that Gordon Brown is finished and should step down now, if only so as not to prolong the party's and the country's agony - well…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 So, the News of the World is reporting that Peter Mandelson once criticised Gordon Brown's leadership style, saying he didn't have the "X-Factor" and voters perceive him as "angry". For what it's worth, I…
By Anthony Painter / @anthonypainter I've had a highly enriching and enthusing few weeks as a European parliamentary candidate. It's been tough in many ways but nowhere near as tough as might be supposed given the political context…
By Jessica Asato / @Jessica_Asato I'm a fan of Sir Alan Sugar, but he shouldn't have a place in our second chamber unless he's elected to be there. Earlier this week Gordon Brown suggested that he would launch a new National Council for…
By Bill Dewison Although it is all very entertaining, especially to those of a political mind, what exactly has happened in the past month with regard to the running of the country? We've had duck houses, backstabbing, cries for political…
From @LabourList Below is the cutting resignation letter from Caroline Flint to Gordon Brown, which accuses the Prime Minister of sexism: Dear Gordon I believe the achievements of the Labour Government to date have been monumental and you…
