The Birmingham Post: Risk of Being in Office, but Not in Power

Birmingham Post › September 17, 2008

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Some reports suggested last night that the threat to Gordon Brown's position had been crushed with the decision by Labour's National Executive Committee not to respond.

Rebellious backbenchers have been calling on the party to issue nomination papers allowing MPs to put forward an alternative leadership candidate. If enough of them did so, a contest would take place in which Mr Brown could be replaced.

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The Birmingham Post: Risk of Being in Office, but Not in Power

But there was never any serious possibility that the NEC would concede to their demands, and the ann...

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