MPs Call For Vote On Gordon Brown Leadership

T_i_B

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Wed Jan-06-10 07:57 AM
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MPs Call For Vote On Gordon Brown Leadership

Source: Sky News

Two former Cabinet ministers are calling for a secret ballot of Labour MPs to resolve the issue of Gordon Brown's leadership "once and for all".

Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt have written to all members of the parliamentary party asking them to support of vote on Gordon Brown's leadership.

Read more: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Patricia-Hewitt-And-Geoff-Hoon-Call-For-Secret-Ballot-Of-Labour-MPs-On-Gordon-Browns-Leadership/Article/201001115515487?lpos=Politics_Top_Stories_Header_3&lid=ARTICLE_15515487_Patricia_Hewitt_And_Geoff_Hoon_C

The British Labour party is imploding.

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muriel_volestrangler

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Wed Jan-06-10 08:01 AM
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1. BBC link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8443769.stm

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maddezmom

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Wed Jan-06-10 08:05 AM
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3. OT: hey you

Do you have a lot of snow?? Here is the Madster with her "snowdog" :

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T_i_B

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Wed Jan-06-10 08:06 AM
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4. Yes we do

Edited on Wed Jan-06-10 08:07 AM by T_i_B

12.5cm here in Sheffield. (Got the tape measure out and checked myself!)

It's caused a lot of disruption.

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maddezmom

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Wed Jan-06-10 08:09 AM
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5. we don't have that much maybe an inch or two, but it's still snowing

our neighborhood is a mess but the other roads are pretty clear at this point.

Stay safe. :)

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muriel_volestrangler

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Wed Jan-06-10 08:33 AM
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6. Not much - about an inch

And, oh-so-usefully, some local schools are closing after they opened for the day. So the parents make an effort to get the children to school, find it open and leave the children there, and then (perhaps, if they're listening to local radio, or the school has daytime contact numbers) get a message saying they're meant to collect the children at 11am. :eyes:

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maddezmom

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Wed Jan-06-10 08:03 AM
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2. was watching the BBC earlier when this was announced but got pulled outside.

Cameron is probably going to love this little bit of news. :(

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T_i_B

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Wed Jan-06-10 09:02 AM
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7. Yep

Gordon Brown has his faults, but then again so does the rest of the Labour party. I can't see how stabbing Gordon Brown in the back this close to an election will do Labour any good myself.

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muriel_volestrangler

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Wed Jan-06-10 12:19 PM
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8. Now with LolCats:

More at http://liberalconspiracy.org/2010/01/06/live-pictures-from-the-labor-plot/

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