tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post8801209912837428512..comments2024-01-11T10:25:57.007+00:00Comments on Labour of Gove: Labour Home: Suggesting Purnell May Be First To Go BlueChris Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-83217672689553967982009-06-10T13:51:26.204+01:002009-06-10T13:51:26.204+01:00I reckon Harris has already concluded that he isn&...I reckon Harris has already concluded that he isn't ever going to have a frontbench career, so he's trying to carve out a place as a backbench gadfly - the new Woodrow Wyatt or Frank Field.Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317276919466733442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-4054113757521937572009-06-10T11:45:51.289+01:002009-06-10T11:45:51.289+01:00I think I am quite a lot to the left of Tom Harris...I think I am quite a lot to the left of Tom Harris, but by the time he spoke the nul-coup was all over, so there is a certain degree of bravery in that he said what he did.Paul Halsallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602075031268155220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-42219628182436395202009-06-09T21:52:09.088+01:002009-06-09T21:52:09.088+01:00Hmm. If he doesn't cross the floor to the Tori...Hmm. If he doesn't cross the floor to the Tories, I reckon he'll do a David Owen. With Hazel as his Shirley.Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317276919466733442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-25628802849853423252009-06-09T09:08:30.364+01:002009-06-09T09:08:30.364+01:00Indeed. JP has just been posing outside his "...Indeed. JP has just been posing outside his "stunt main home" in Tameside and hoping he was "pro-ven wrong" and that GB leads LP to victory in the next GE. <br /><br />I don't think he will cross the floor in the foreseeable future if ever. He's got off lightly so far on expenses I'd say though I doubt he's done anything outwith the rules. GB might bring him back in the autumn or early next year.Chris Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15679067503215414300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-91468136979965435412009-06-09T01:06:57.780+01:002009-06-09T01:06:57.780+01:00Does this, from Purnell's resignation letter, ...Does this, from Purnell's resignation letter, not make it extremely unwise for him to cross the floor?<br /><br /><i>"I now believe your continued leadership makes a Conservative victory more, not less likely. That would be disastrous for our country." </i>Wiremanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05562201186293814248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-73627750463698117772009-06-08T23:06:59.680+01:002009-06-08T23:06:59.680+01:00cross the floor, evencross the floor, evenGregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317276919466733442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38067964.post-52530848937819276692009-06-08T23:06:47.900+01:002009-06-08T23:06:47.900+01:00Unlikely? Everyone I know in the party has been as...Unlikely? Everyone I know in the party has been assuming Purnell would close the floor for two years.Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317276919466733442noreply@blogger.com