Reports circulating in the Westminster gossip village suggest that Labour loyalist,PPS to Yvette Cooper and thus probably close to the ear of the Pm has resigned.
She is upset about the 10p tax band removal and hastold colleagues.No official announcement yet but as Jonathan Isaby points out,how principled is the stance for on her website after the budget that took the band away is the following statement
“Chancellor Gordon Brown today delivered a Budget for British families," she said. "This budget is good for Sheffield, good for the country and good for ordinary working families.”
Meanwhile I have just heard an interview with Lord Desai on Radio 4's Pm in which the Labour peer does not mince his words over Gordon Brown's performance as Prime Minister.Comparing him to Tony Blair,Lord Desai pulls him up on his presentational skills.
He was following up an interview that he did with the Evening Standard in London where I quote he said
Gordon Brown was put on earth to remind people how good Tony Blair was.adding
"It is a bit like William Hague who is a far better shadow foreign secretary than he was a leader of the Conservative party."
"Gordon is a worrier with an academic approach to solving problems, but that does not always reassure people when they feel uncertain."
Update
A late night phone call across the Atlantic persuaded Angela Smith not to resign after all.
