Word: labour
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fascinating even if there weren't so much at stake; the Irish rock star Bono wryly compares their creative tensions to those of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. According to one version of their history, Brown's patience was first tested back in 1994 after the unexpected death of Labour leader John Smith. Brown and Blair, rising stars on the modernizing wing of the party, recognized that they risked splitting that vote and ushering in an "old Labour" leader if both went for the top job. Brown, a natural and lifelong party member, was in some ways the more obvious...
...wobble" in late 2003. Over yet another dinner with Brown, this one given by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, Blair is alleged by more than one source to have renewed his offer to resign. He denies this and has vowed to serve a full third term if Labour is re-elected. The Chancellor has declined to comment and Prescott admits only to having mediated between the two, not just on that occasion but over several earlier servings of steak-and-kidney pie. Evidently, even Prescott's formidable bonhomie wasn't up to the job. Few in Westminster believe any truce...
...that the biggest casualty would be Brown himself, because the party would blame him for the bloodshed. Brown biographer Langdon concurs. "The one thing that will stop Gordon becoming Prime Minister is Gordon," she says. "He's his own worst enemy in terms of matching ambition to reality." The Labour Party must be hoping that both men opt for humble pie at their next dinner meeting, but nobody expects them to stick to that diet for long...
...After the death of Labour leader John Smith, Blair and Brown meet at Granita, a London restaurant. The two potential successors allegedly agree that Brown will stand aside in exchange for Blair's promise to step down halfway through a second term. The next day, Brown bows out of the leadership race. May 1997 Labour wins a landslide victory in the general election. Blair becomes PM. Fall 2003 After a second election victory in June 2001, Blair's popularity plummets midterm due to the war in Iraq and allegations that the government "sexed up" intelligence on WMD. In a speech...
...demand access to his lover's 2-year-old boy, who Blunkett says is his son. An authorized biography full of nasty remarks about his Cabinet colleagues was released as his troubles mounted, making enemies when he needed friends. One day after he attended the Christmas party of backbench Labour M.P.s and awkwardly sang the Fred Astaire?Ginger Rogers standard Pick Yourself Up, he was forced to dust himself off and start all over again. Charles Clarke, the bruising former Education Secretary and close buddy of Prime Minister Tony Blair, will replace Blunkett. He has a big job: Blair...