New Labour MPs to call on Blair to resign
Patrick Wintour, political editor
Tuesday September 5, 2006
The Guardian
Tony Blair's position has been further undermined by the drafting of a private letter from a majority of the 2001 intake of Labour MPs urging him to resign.
The letter has been coordinated by two formerly ardent Blairite MPs, Sion Simon and Chris Bryant. Its contents were being kept secret yesterday. However, its existence suggests that the prime minister is by no means free from the political pressure that grew last week for him to stand down before his preferred, though unstated, private date of 2007.
It is understood that the letter was organised at the weekend in the wake of Mr Blair's decision to announce that he would not give a date, or timetable for his departure, to the Labour conference this month. It was not clear last night whether the letter had been sent.
Mr Simon refused to comment yesterday, saying: "If such a confidential letter existed, its existence and contents would remain confidential." Mr Bryant was not available last night.
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