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Blairites stories: 3 news summaries

Brown Likely to Hang On to Power

In reshuffle, British PM invites Apprentice host to join government

Jun 5, 09 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown looked set to hang on to power this morning, despite the shock resignation of yet another minister who called on him to step down. James Purnell, a young Blairite, quit the Cabinet seconds after polls closed in last night's election, forcing Brown to bring forward a planned government... More »

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United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • British Cabinet • Labour Party • Alistair Darling • Blairites • Alan Johnson • The Apprentice

 As 4th Minister Quits, 
 Brown's Outlook Bleak 

Blears resigns in potentially fatal blow to PM's authority

Jun 3, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - With one day to go before clutch British elections, another minister resigned from Gordon Brown's Cabinet today, dealing the beleaguered PM another devastating blow. Hazel Blears, an arch-Blairite who was exposed for avoiding $21,000 in capital gains tax, refused to praise Brown in her resignation statement. She is the... More »

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United Kingdom • British Parliament • Gordon Brown • British elections • Labour • inappropriate expenses • Blairites

Leaked Blair Memo Blasts Brown 'Vacuity'

Leadership challenge gains steam as ex-PM slams successor

Aug 4, 08 6:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gordon Brown took further lashed from his own party over the weekend as allies of Tony Blair leaked an old memo from the former prime minister bashing Brown's tenure. In the memo, written last year after Brown called off a mooted snap election, Blair accuses his successor of "hubris... More »

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Tony Blair • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • David Miliband • Labour Party • Britain • Blairites

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