Today's front pages are virtually interchangeable! And this BEFORE
Hazel Blears went
GUARDIAN - "Labour's day of resignation"
MAIL - "Rats desert Sinking Ship"
INDEPENDENT - "Disarray in Downing Street"
TELEGRAPH - "Cabinet Meltdown"
TIMES - "Ministers walk away as Brown;s authority wanes"
EXPRESS - "Meltdown for Brown"
SUN - "Black day for Brown" + "Blunderbird is GO" (something to do
with Jacqui Smith - I think!)
MIRROR - "Meltbrown"
STAR - (lead story is air crash + small "PM peril as 5 go")
METRO - "The Blair babes are revolting"
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AND A summary of opinion from CONSERVATIVE HOME'S COLUMNS
Labour in meltdown
The Guardian calls on Brown to go: "The truth is that there is no
vision from him, no plan, no argument for the future and no support.
The public see it. His party sees it. The cabinet must see it too,
although they are not yet bold enough to say so. The prime minister
demands loyalty, but that has become too much to ask of a party, and
a country, that was never given the chance to vote for him."
But will he go? Daniel Finkelstein in The Times: "It is very probable
that Labour will achieve such a bad result tomorrow that the party
will be jolted. It is very probable that in the next week one or more
Labour MPs may announce that it is time for Mr Brown to go. It is
very probable that Mr Brown could be forced out if there were a
revolt. But for all three things to happen? That's a great deal less
probable."
"William Hague, the shadow Foreign Secretary, said the Government
seemed to be in a state of collapse. "They have lost the authority
and unity and confidence to actually govern the country," he said." -
Quoted by The Independent
"The collapse of morale sweeping Labour ranks was laid bare yesterday
when Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, and Tom Watson, one of Gordon
Brown's closest political allies, revealed that they were quitting
the government during a chaotic day that often appeared to be
spiralling out of Downing Street's control." - Guardian
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