Gordon Brown equals an Edward Heath record

Gordon Brown has qualified for one Parliamentary record at least.

He has had the most backbench rebellions since the days of Edward Heath.

Revolts.co.uk has compiled a survey which finds that amongst other things

Gordon Brown’s first complete parliamentary session as Prime Minister, saw Labour MPs defy their whips on 103 occasions. That compares to 96 occasions in Tony Blair’s whole first Parliament.

and

The most rebellious Labour MP was (yet again) Jeremy Corbyn

Maybe though Heath had a better excuse.His revolts were mainly against the European treaty

Surely not?

The reports this morning that Mrs Thatcher once tried to seduce Edward Heath are surely too good to be true.

A forthcoming Drama on the BBC,Margaret Thatcher – The Long Walk to Finchley,suggests that far from there's being an antagonistic relationship with each sitting on the opposite poles of Conservative political spectrum,Thatcher courted Heath in an attempt to rise up the greasy political pole.

If true then surely the scandal of the decade?