Blears resigns from cabinet

[tvrolet]

another one down

Can't spot it on any news web site yet, but broadcasting live from No.10 on Sky News.

Edited by tvrolet on Wednesday 3rd June 10:17

[bridgdav]

The Cabinet
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Rt Hon David Miliband MP
Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor Rt Hon Jack Straw MP
Secretary of State for the Home Department Rt Hon Jacqui Smith MP
Secretary of State for Health Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP
Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Rt Hon Lord Mandelson
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP
Secretary of State for International Development Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP
Secretary of State for Defence Rt Hon John Hutton MP
Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal Rt Hon Harriet Harman QC MP
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP
Secretary of State for Transport Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP
Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families Rt Hon Ed Balls MP
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Rt Hon Edward Miliband MP
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Rt Hon James Purnell MP
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Rt Hon Shaun Woodward MP *
Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council Rt Hon Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Rt Hon Andy Burnham MP
Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills Rt Hon John Denham MP
Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP
Secretary of State for Wales Rt Hon Paul Murphy MP
Secretary of State for Scotland Rt Hon Jim Murphy MP


Keep going guys..!

[Eric Mc]

He won't have anyone to shuffle by tomorrow at this rate.

[D-Angle]

Eric Mc said:

He won't have anyone to shuffle by tomorrow at this rate.

He'll still be able to shuffle his Balls.

[anonymous-user]

Eric Mc said:

He won't have anyone to shuffle by tomorrow at this rate.

A five finger shuffle is about all he'll be able to manage!

[Don]

They're doing this ahead of the election tomorrow?

They must WANT to fail! Epically.

Even the Grauniad is saying Brown should go.

MELTDOWN! Woohoo!

[collateral]

Good times.

Probably been tipped off about what's going to happen in the shuffle and think it'll look better to fall on their swords

[AndrewW-G]

Eric Mc said:

He won't have anyone to shuffle by tomorrow at this rate.

He'll see it as having lefty foot and righty foot to shuffle, both excellent replacements for blears and smith, their inclusion in the next cabinet will allow him to get on with the job in hand, focus on the economy and ensure that the UK is in the best position to go forward.....................;)

Edited by AndrewW-G on Wednesday 3rd June 10:24

[anonymous-user]

Blears was going to be sacked on Friday anyway and she has no credability in the country after her flipping but.........

it's great news.

PMQ's will be brilliant today!

[Eric Mc]

This is looking like a Julius Ceaser "stab in the back" series of events now.

I can't help but imagine he is muttering "Infamy, infamy - they all have it in for me".

[anonymous-user]

Eric Mc said:

This is looking like a Julius Ceaser "stab in the back" series of events now.

I can't help but imagine he is muttering "Infamy, infamy - they all have it in for me".

One more - a Milliband or Jack Straw or better still Johnson and he would have to go.

[Plotloss]

Hoon was being heavily tipped to be on his way out too.

[jmorgan]

Ohhhh goody. Jumped or pushed?

Odious little toady.

[Justayellowbadge]

Ding Dong the witch is dead.

[chris watton]

Brown will be gone within a week or two, his position is wholly untenable now, he must know it – his dream Socialist spending spree has dried up and he’s nowhere to go, and has no one to turn to.
As with most bullies, his victims will have their day – My God, I haven’t been this excited about politics for a long time, if ever! It is such a warm feeling watching this government come apart at the seams, and exposed as the hypocrites they truly are.

We may yet get our GE sooner rather than later – I wouldn’t be at all surprised if GB called one, just to spite his ex ‘friends’

[Mr E]

Dum dum dum.
Another one bites the dust.

[anonymous-user]

Plotloss said:

Hoon was being heavily tipped to be on his way out too.

Hoon should be gone but Brown has supported him. Blears had nothing to lose and the timing is calculated to inflict maximum damage.

[D-Angle]

Statement just issued, very interesting. No mention of Gordon Brown or support for the Cabinet, reads very much as "We're screwed, I'm off back to my constituency to batten down the hatches and at least keep my seat."

This is better than Jeremy Kyle.

[hornetrider]

This whole situation is absolutley fking brilliant. Can't wait for PMQ's!

[Stig]

Blears and Smith gone - it's like Christmas