Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Simon stepping down

Junior Minister Sion Simon is stepping down as an MP at the next election and Jim Pickard has some thoughts as to why.

It’s curious that Simon, a loyal Brownite who was involved in the anti-Blair coup of 2006, would want to leave his seat, where he has a majority of 9,575.
he writes

After all, the last attempt to get a Birmingham mayor - the local newspaper ran a campaign to get a referendum only two years ago - ended in failure.
Which party has promised to have 10 elected mayors across the UK? Er, the Conservatives. Is Simon accidentally predicting a Tory victory?

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