Is all this about stopping Balls from over-throwing Miliband?

Is all this about stopping Balls from over-throwing Miliband?

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SkyNews What’s behind the “Brown plot” revelations? Those who’ve read the accounts of the Brown-Blair wars, particularly those by Andrew Rawnsley and Anthony Seldon, won’t find much to surprise them in the overnight revelations in the Daily Telegraph. What this does is to flesh out what was already in the public domain with the remarkable added realism of hand-written jottings on documents by Gordon Brown and Ed Balls. That the paper has documentary evidence of Brown in 2005 telling Balls…

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But what does this mean for today’s politics?

But what does this mean for today’s politics?

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Will it have interest beyond political anoraks? Just looking at tomorrow Telegraph splash and reading the some of the documents from Brown camp that have been leaked I’m trying to work out what relevance this will all have for today. This was all six years ago – some of the players are still there others are gone. Ed Miliband and Balls, his shadow chancellor were all closely involved but do the public really give a damn? I suppose that it…

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Are we seeing the resurrection of Mr. Brown?

Are we seeing the resurrection of Mr. Brown?

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Is he blamed unfairly for Labour’s defeat? There’s a new book out by some of the main figures associated with Ipsos-MORI, Robert Worcester, Roger Mortimore, Paul Baines and Mark Gill, which seeks to offer further analysis of last years general election. It’s called “Explaining Cameron’s Coalition” and whenever I get a review copy I’ll be able to discuss it in more detail. What’s being said about the book so far is that it suggests that the widespread perception that Gordon…

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If Ed Miliband did step down then who?

If Ed Miliband did step down then who?

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A run-down of possible contenders Ed Miliband’s latest PMQs performance will do nothing to stop the murmuring within the party against him and Ladbrokes have him at just 2/1 that he’ll go before the general election. But if he was to step aside voluntarily then who would take over. These are my comments on those priced at 25/1 or shorter in the betting. Possible Odds Comment David Miliband 5/1 He had his chance last autumn and his current absence from…

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Will Dave go on getting easy rides over U-turns?

Will Dave go on getting easy rides over U-turns?

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Surely Ed should be nailing the PM on these? Those who watched the Daily Politics programme ahead of today’s PMQs will have seen the feature and discussion on government policy U-turns. From forests to free milk for children and today the NHS and the planned penal changes the list is getting quite long. The way this was presented in the programme showed the scale of the case that can be made against the Prime minister. The Tory minister, Grant Shapps,…

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Marf…… moving on from the NHS

Marf…… moving on from the NHS

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Huhne eases while Landley & Clarke tighten in the exit betting After a fair down-beat PMQs with Ed Miliband looking as though he desperately needs something to boost his confidence there’s been the first movement since last week in the cabinet exit betting prices. The big thing with Huhne is whether he’s going to be prosecuted or not and, hopefully, we should know that relatively soon. If he is then his chances of survival will be much reduced. His price…

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What’s Miliband(E) going to make of the Montgomerie Tweet?

What’s Miliband(E) going to make of the Montgomerie Tweet?

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Should it be a great PMQ opportunity for the Labour leader? There’s just about nothing that leaders’ of the opposition like more than what appears to be a U-turn in government policy, particularly when that has, apparently, been driven by the PM over-ruling, in effect, one of his cabinet. Today there is PMQs and the NHS changes and the position of Andrew Lansley will surely be part of EdM’s planned line of questioning. On top of that there are the…

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