Ruth Kelly’s resignation has guaranteed that Brown’s speech is going to be a one day story. Rumours are swirling about why she has gone and why the news leaked out now—the worst time for Brown.
In her speech to conference just now, Kelly said what a privilege it had been to work with both Blair and Brown. But tellingly her last line was ‘we can and must do better.’
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Tiberius
September 24th, 2008 12:20pm Report this comment‘...we can and must do better.’
That is only possible if Brown calls a GE.
GS London
September 24th, 2008 12:47pm Report this commentTiberius:
I'm sure acknowledge that despite this being the obvious answer - it simply won'd happen. In the mean time, it remains to be seen whether Cameron pulls a Kinnock and gets a bit big for his boots. Only time (and our taxes) will tell.
Seasurfer1
September 24th, 2008 4:10pm Report this commentHer RC humanity is more important.
Diversity
September 24th, 2008 4:19pm Report this commentKellys in my childhood were figures that always stood up again quickly when you knocked them down. I reckon that there is a lot of resilience in Ruth; Gordon has not seen the last of her yet.
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