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  • How Brown bought off the plotters: Prime Minister vows to rein in Ed Balls and give way on election tactics 8 Jan 2010 08:14 GMT
    ... secret ballot on his leadership, the Prime Minister is said to have agreed to rein ... closest Cabinet ally, Ed Balls. The Schools Secretary has been blamed for urging Mr Brown ... when he failed to follow his friend James Purnell, the then Pensions Secretary, in quitting. Nevertheless, ...

  • Gordon Brown coup: hunt for 'aristocrats' 8 Jan 2010 07:51 GMT
    ... inherit for a brief period the prime ministership." He did not deny the suggestion that ... of the figures might be the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, but added: "I think there ... first genuine challenge to his leadership since James Purnell resigned from the Cabinet last June. Some ...

  • Prime Minister's Cabinet came close to backing coup, claim rebels 8 Jan 2010 03:02 GMT
    ... was that only three or four Cabinet ministers were absolutely determined to die in the ... 23-strong Cabinet were named as the Schools Secretary Ed Balls; the Work and Pensions Secretary ... declined to join his friend and ally James Purnell in resigning from the Cabinet — a ...

  • How Gordon Brown bought off the plotters: Prime Minister vows to rein in Ed Balls and give way on election tactics 8 Jan 2010 02:25 GMT
    ... secret ballot on his leadership, the Prime Minister is said to have agreed to rein ... closest Cabinet ally, Ed Balls. The Schools Secretary has been blamed for urging Mr Brown ... when he failed to follow his friend James Purnell, the then Pensions Secretary, in quitting. Nevertheless, ...

  • Brown dismisses plot as 'storm in a teacup' 7 Jan 2010 23:53 GMT
    ... embarrassing challenge to his already-weakened authority, former ministers Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt called Wednesday ... to all Labour lawmakers, Hoon -- defence secretary when Britain joined the invasion of Iraq ... ministers quit in quick succession and one, James Purnell, urged him to step down. Commentators agreed ...

  • PM Brown -plot is 'storm in a teacup' 7 Jan 2010 23:16 GMT
    ... challenge to his already weakened authority, former ministers Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt called on ... to all Labour MPs, Hoon - defence secretary when Britain joined the invasion of Iraq ... ministers quit in quick succession and one, James Purnell, urged him to step down. Commentators agreed ...

  • Plot is 'storm in a teacup' -Brown 7 Jan 2010 23:16 GMT
    ... challenge to his already weakened authority, former ministers Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt called on ... to all Labour MPs, Hoon - defence secretary when Britain joined the invasion of Iraq ... ministers quit in quick succession and one, James Purnell, urged him to step down. Commentators agreed ...

  • Plot is 'storm in a teacup': British PM 7 Jan 2010 19:37 GMT
    ... UK Brown [content] => Embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday dismissed as a ... to all Labour MPs, Hoon - defence secretary when Britain joined the invasion of Iraq ... ministers quit in quick succession and one, James Purnell, urged him to step down. Commentators agreed ...

  • Bagehot : Midwinter madness 7 Jan 2010 17:33 GMT
    ... the latest bid to oust the prime minister was launched amid a white-out. Before long, ... expenses scandal and his role as defence secretary during and after the Iraq war. Only ... 2008 and weightier in June 2009, when James Purnell quit as welfare secretary and called on ...

  • Do The Plotters Actually Want Labour to Lose? 7 Jan 2010 17:32 GMT
    ... uprisings don't need to oust the Prime Minister. Instead each insurrection weakens him and makes ... Geoff Hoon. But certainly Hazel Blears and James Purnell, from last June's coup, plus Patricia Hewitt ...

  • David Miliband caves in and finally backs Brown by name after failed plot to oust PM 7 Jan 2010 17:14 GMT
    ... Mr Joyce, who resigned as parliamentary private secretary to Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth in September, ... the resignation of work and pensions secretary James Purnell. At the October 2008 conference Mr Miliband's ... inherit for a brief period the prime ministership. That has now passed.' He said he ...

  • British PM dismisses plot as 'storm in a teacup' 7 Jan 2010 16:45 GMT
    ... LONDON: Embattled British Prime Minister Gordon Brown dismissed as a "storm in ... to all Labour lawmakers, Hoon - defence secretary when Britain joined the invasion of Iraq ... ministers quit in quick succession and one, James Purnell, urged him to step down. Commentators agreed ...

  • PM shrugs off plot as 'storm in a teacup' 7 Jan 2010 16:19 GMT
    ... embarrassing challenge to his already-weakened authority, former ministers Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt called Wednesday ... letter to Labour MPs, Hoon -- defence secretary when Britain joined the 2003 US-led invasion ... ministers quit in quick succession and one, James Purnell, urged him to step down. Commentators agreed ...

  • British PM dismisses plot against his leadership 7 Jan 2010 16:18 GMT
    ... embarrassing challenge to his already-weakened authority, former ministers Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt called Wednesday ... gripping the country. lawmakers, Hoon -- defence secretary when Britain joined the invasion of in ... ministers quit in quick succession and one, James Purnell, urged him to step down. Commentators agreed ...

  • Midwinter madness 7 Jan 2010 16:16 GMT
    ... the latest bid to oust the prime minister was launched amid a white-out. Before long, ... expenses scandal and his role as defence secretary during and after the Iraq war. Only ... 2008 and weightier in June 2009, when James Purnell quit as welfare secretary and called on ...


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