Balls' warning for the rebels

As the papers continue to carry stories of a collapse in confidence in Gordon Brown,the Times this morning carries an interview with his first lieutenant Ed Balls.

According to the paper he said that

Labour must not fall for false prophets, and gave warning that Labour would be
“intolerant” of anyone who put personal interests and disappointments before the
party’s and the country’s.

And on his leader

“Anybody who has the strength and conviction to take the tough decisions he did
on public spending in his first two years, resist pressure to go into the euro
and deal with fears of recession in 1998 and 2001 shows that he knows how to
handle difficult times

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