June 2008 Archives
Who dares wins?
Posted by Robert Alcock on June 16, 2008 11:21 AM
SEFTON’S town halls and Westminster are still reeling from the aftershocks of extraordinary moves by Tory big hitters last week.
Who would have predicted seven days ago that Cllr Les Byrom would have defected to a party that still professes itself “democratic socialist�, while David Davis would have quit the Conservative front bench to force a by-election?
Cllr Les Byrom - the Red Flag now flies in Southport
'Basher' Davis - ex-SAS, ex-Amnesty International
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Gordon Brown:On the Ropes
Posted by Robert Alcock on June 1, 2008 11:10 PM
WHAT to make of the national fervour bubbling in the wake of slew of disastrous election results for Labour? The start of moves to oust Gordon Brown, with David Miliband stepping forward as the party’s saviour? The Sunday papers over the past fortnight have certainly made a good read, even if – as health secretary Alan Johnson suggested – reports of gathering plots have been sourced on the fantasies of ‘usual suspects’ holding forth under a fog of anonymity.
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