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Gaby Hinsliff examines the prospects for two rising stars in the Brown administration
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gaby Hinsliff examines the prospects for two rising stars in the Brown administration
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Chuka Umunna: Mandelson's return has made the headlines, but the real hope for Labour renewal may lie with the promotion of Ed Miliband
Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson have hated each other for years - and now they're the best of friends for the good of the Labour Party. Pull the other one! How long do you think it will be before Mandelson goes after Gordon's job? Or do you think they've done a Blair-Brown style deal? And given that the Granita Restaurant in Islington closed a few years ago, where could this deal have been struck?...
Labourhome (Free subscription) | yesterday
There is clearly a plan in place favouring David but how or why as he could easily have been moved sideways ? Jack Straw would do anythinng to help himself stay awake on the front bench.We hear that Ed Balls is angry with the new invigorated P.M.(Mandy not Gordon) but doesn't want to get his hands dirty at the Treasury himself . The heat is off popular with the rank and file Caroline Flint- so deftly...
Daily Mail News (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Members of Mr Blair's circle sympathetic to Mr Miliband felt let down when Mr Blair's former spin doctor Alastair Campbell refused to support the Foreign Secretary's high-risk challenge, claiming he did not have the skills or stature needed to be Prime Minister. Mr Mandelson was also unenthusiastic from the start.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Ed Miliband has been appointed as the head of a new department for climate change and energy, the prime minister announces
Greenpeace UK blogs (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Big news from this morning's Cabinet reshuffle : Gordon Brown has created a new department for climate change and energy, and Ed Miliband has been appointed its head. This is, potentially, fantastic stuff. Until now, one department has been dealing with climate change and another - the department for business (DBERR) - with energy. This entirely nonsensical division hamstrung any chances of...
Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
A fortnight is a long time in politics, y’know. With the Tories’ huge poll lead slipping back to being simply large, the economy facing a serious recession, and Gordon Brown’s conference speech judged relatively successful, the likelihood of the Prime Minister being forced from office has – at least for the moment – receded. But [...]
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Two of Gordon Brown's closest allies one a freshfaced intellectual and the other a veteran bruiser were given key roles in the Prime Minister's Government reshuffle.
Cllr Iain Lindley's Diary (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
It was a real surprise after Conference finished to bump into the Foreign Secretary David Miliband, who was travelling from Birmingham to Manchester to communicate a key Government message…
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Debutant Miliband brings clout to new department, political correspondent Yesterday's decision to create a government department for energy and climate change is a key move to help the UK switch to renewables. The new minister, Ed Miliband, is charged with establishing what energy the country needs and the most environmentally sound way of getting it.Though this is a new political imperative...
PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Cabinet Office minister Ed Miliband is to head a new energy and climate change department.
Pickled Politics (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
... media coverage and the MP’s backing and condemning the decision is the distinct lack of one David Miliband. Just where is the Millipede, what does he think of this turn of events? Inquiring minds want to know…
David Llewellyn (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
The star billing at the Tory conference has gone to...err...David Miliband. David Miliband and his banana at the Tory party conference The Foreign Secretary's gurning visage greets you everywhere...
Bananas in the Falklands (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
David Miliband might not be our cup of tea being that his party has gone a bit nazi like recently, but that man has his appeal with the fruit but we are not party to bribes. Posted in dumb, Life in general, Politics, rupert murdoch, uk Tagged: gordon brown, labour, loo paper, thug [...]