Exclusive: Harman nearly walked.
Hence why they went with the slightly greyer title of First Secretary of State.
So let's get this straight. Brown couldn't move his Chancellor, he couldn't move his Foreign Secretary and he couldn't even create a deputy. Let it ring out loud and clear. We have a lame duck Prime Minister. Brown's fate is no longer in his hands.
The kingmakers will decide when he goes.
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You got me all excited then! lol ;-)
Damn, that would have been fun. Harman on a vengenance resignation would have been theatre. Almost as good as Flint resigning in the middle of Brown's presser yesterday. Of course now Alan Johnson is in charge of immigration and border controls he could stop Brown from re-entering the country, in theory.
That would have been interesting! Ms Harperson was elected by the vote of the party in 2007. I don't believe that Gordo was ever elected to the post of Leader (that's a misnomer!) of the Labour party. Just a nod and a wink and he was in. It will take more to get rid of him, unfortunately.
Bob
I'm not expert at British constitutional law, but can't the Queen intervene and stop this nonsense?
Would love to be informed...
We have a lame duck prime mentalist who we can't get rid of. We need a mechanism not just for ousting MPs (recall) but for ousting PMs.
And your proof for this story is what exactly? "Sources"? What "sources"?
Perhaps she was just upset on account of the length of Mandy's new title trouncing hers!
The Right Hon Baron Mandelson of Foy in the county of Herefordshire and Hartlepool in the county of Durham, First Secretary of State, Secretary of State for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills - V -
The Right Hon Harriet Harman, Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Leader of the House of Commons, Minister for Women, Minister for Equality.
Loki - you forgot Mandy is also Lord President of the Council as well.