Pressure in Southwold

When Gordon Brown starts thinking about his September reshuffle, will he punish David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary for failing to give unequivocal support to Gordon at the press conference given in Italy?



I detect the dead hand of Charles Clark behind the Miliband faux pas.

But in the mean time

"The leadership contest concept, which consisted in removing Gordon Brown and replacing him with a David Miliband, is abandoned"
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