Man in a Shed: The spin from the Blair camp on Crewe

Monday, May 19, 2008

The spin from the Blair camp on Crewe

~~Alistair Campbell~~ Donald Malcolm in the First post has an interesting take on Crewe.

He suggests that David Cameron does not really want to crush Gordon Brown - ( I have to say if this were true Dave has a strange way of going about it ).

But his real message is to Labour MPs. In short - David Cameron wants Gordon Brown as Labour leader, so you know what to do then boys and girls .....

The Blairite revenge is getting ready for Thursday .....

Update: Rumours are circulating that a coup is being prepared for Friday lead by Alan Milburn. Guido believes it will have to be the bottle of whisky and pearl handled revolver approach - delivered with a smile by Jack Straw.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: No need to worry. Brown won't resign, even if it is in his Party's interests. Forcing out a serving PM would be too messy for Labour MPs to contemplate - they WILL let him lead them over the precipice.; 9:42 pm
Mulligan said...: I was going to say that he'll manage to hang on by his fingernails, but they seem to be lying on the House of Commons floor.; 10:08 am

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