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Thursday, 4th June 2009

RUMOUR: David Miliband to resign Friday

James Forsyth 10:28pm

Update: Nick Robinson on the BBC saying Miliband won't go.

Update 2: This Week is saying that Miliband and Hutton have said they disagree with Purnell's decision.

The word on the street which I haven't confirmed is that David Miliband will go tomorrow.

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Chris

June 4th, 2009 10:33pm Report this comment

This would be HUGE! I can't wait for tomorrow now.

jaydeeaitch

June 4th, 2009 10:41pm Report this comment

He'll have to time it very well amidst the hoped for ongoing debacle of the election results or no-one will notice.

Steve.W

June 4th, 2009 10:41pm Report this comment

Miliband to spend more time with his banana?

Olaf

June 4th, 2009 10:44pm Report this comment

Dragging it out aren't they?

Boudicca

June 4th, 2009 10:45pm Report this comment

Hope he's got the banana ready for the photoshoot.

What a coward. Too frit to do the deed next year; and sheltering behind others this time.

Prime Minister material.... not in a month of Sundays.

The next Labour Prime Minister may not be born yet.

Alex

June 4th, 2009 10:45pm Report this comment

I love the smell of toast when I get up in the morning.

Suki

June 4th, 2009 10:49pm Report this comment

What a loss to us all! Useless, useless man.

Sir Graphus

June 4th, 2009 10:51pm Report this comment

He's resigning to mount a leadership campaign. There's a man who'll make Cameron look like the statesman with gravitas.

Exciting night for you chaps up at the Speccie!

Jeremy

June 4th, 2009 11:22pm Report this comment

"...David Miliband will go tomorrow."

Do you mean to say that he'll fall on his banana?

John Small

June 4th, 2009 11:27pm Report this comment

Imagine all the Blairites doing a David Davis style career kamikaze. I'd love for Brown to get away with this. All the Blairites nuked in one weekend. Let's hope everybody voted Labour today.

Becki Hayden

June 4th, 2009 11:46pm Report this comment

Not according to Nick Robinson on the BBC!

Ray Vaughan

June 4th, 2009 11:59pm Report this comment

Miliband confirms he will NOT quit Cabinet tomorrow.

LD

June 5th, 2009 5:59am Report this comment

Miliband wont quit. He'll do what Portillo did in 95 (he talked about it on this week last night) and bottle it - hoping someone else will take Brown down and he can just glide into the job without the stench of blood on his hands. Total coward if you ask me - and it wont work.

Happy to be wrong on this one though!

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