Summary
WHEN Gordon Brown's henchmen tried to drive Tony Blair from office, they schemed over chicken Madras in a West Midlands curry house. Now that the boot is on the other foot, Mr Brown finds himself up against an altogether more complex and cosmopolitan conspiracy.
It has brought together the Guardian newspaper, Blairite plotters spouting Trotskyite slogans, Cabinet malcontents and members of the elite group of Blair Babes known as the Labour WAGs - Women Against Gordon.See the full content of this document
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This fevered conspiracy of cosmopolitan malcontents and a vicious plot to topple the Premier [Edition 2]
Last night the conspiracy escalated dramatically with the shock resignation of James Purnell, the ultra-Blairite Work and Pensions Secretary, who urged Mr Brown to 'stand aside to give Labour a fighting chance of winning the next election'.
The ruthlessly ambitious Mr Purnell became the fifth minister - and third Cabinet minister - to step down in just ov...See the full content of this document
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