My earlier presumption that Gordon would be out on his ear come Monday was predicated on the Cabinet and the PLP having at least 1 reasonably sized testicle amongst the lot of them.
They’ve rather damned themselves.
great line in Bagehot (The Economist) this week:
Lord Mandelson could easily have destroyed his erstwhile foe [Brown]. Yet to a refined palate, the one-off rush of bringing down an old adversary might seem a crass and unsatisfying triumph. How much more gratifying to hold his fate in your hands every day—and he knowing you own it? It is a turn of events that, before he became prime minister, Mr Brown cannot have anticipated in his worst, wildest dreams.
