Thursday, 7 May 2009

A Milburn warning and a leadership challenge

Former Cabinet Minister Alan Milburn returns to the fore in the Indy this morning.

The arch Blairite ,never considered a fan of the Prime Minister,warns the party not to shift left and says

the old top-down approach to governance will no longer work". He believes the Prime Minister's focus on the economy has left a dangerous void on other domestic policy issues, and he predicts that Labour will lose the general election expected next year unless it develops a wide-ranging, forward-looking agenda


The attach comes as the Spectator's Matthew D'Acona will reveal today that Charles Clarke another former minister with scant regard for Brown is set to launch a leadership battle if as expected the party does badly in the Euro election next month.

The idea, is for a former Cabinet minister - "probably Charles Clarke" - to test the water and see if he can secure 30 or so signatures from Labour MPs. says D'ancona

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