And sticks the knife in by telling Gordon Brown to go .
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8083585.stm

"James Purnell has become the third cabinet minister to resign as
pressure grows on Gordon Brown's leadership of the Labour Party.

The work and pensions secretary said in a letter to the Sun and Times
he was stepping down to trigger a debate.

The home secretary and communities secretary had already announced
they were standing down from cabinet.

Mr Brown is set to reshuffle his cabinet as he fights to survive as
prime minister. "





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On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:08:51 +0100, Stuart B
<xpozure4u> wrote:

>And sticks the knife in by telling Gordon Brown to go .
>[..]
>
>"James Purnell has become the third cabinet minister to resign as
>pressure grows on Gordon Brown's leadership of the Labour Party.
>
>The work and pensions secretary said in a letter to the Sun and Times
>he was stepping down to trigger a debate.
>
>The home secretary and communities secretary had already announced
>they were standing down from cabinet.
>
>Mr Brown is set to reshuffle his cabinet as he fights to survive as
>prime minister. "
>
My God, they're tearing themselves apart live on Sky News. Endless MPs
on the phone slagging each other off.

On 4 June, 22:08, Stuart B <xpozur> wrote:
> And sticks the knife in by telling Gordon Brown to go .[..]
>
> "James Purnell has become the third cabinet minister to resign as
> pressure grows on Gordon Brown's leadership of the Labour Party.
>
> The work and pensions secretary said in a letter to the Sun and Times
> he was stepping down to trigger a debate.
>
> The home secretary and communities secretary had already announced
> they were standing down from cabinet.
>
> Mr Brown is set to reshuffle his cabinet as he fights to survive as
> prime minister. "

So who's in charge of the DWP now? Hmm... might give it a go myself :)

Jades Not Dead wrote:
> On 4 June, 22:08, Stuart B <xpozur> wrote:
>
> So who's in charge of the DWP now?

The Civil Service of course, as always. Have you never seen Yes, Minister?

"Norman Wells" <no-one> wrote in message news:0996
> Jades Not Dead wrote:
> >
> > So who's in charge of the DWP now?
>
> The Civil Service of course, as always. Have you never seen Yes, Minister?
>

No more. The Civil Service has been politicised by bringing in so-called
Special Advisers, commonly known as spads. See, for instance,
http://www.civilservant.org.uk/spads.shtml

Yes, Minister harks back to the golden age of the career civil servant
which was on its way out under Thatcher and killed off by Blair.

On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:08:51 +0100, Stuart B wrote:

> And sticks the knife in by telling Gordon Brown to go .
> [..]
>
> "James Purnell has become the third cabinet minister to resign as
> pressure grows on Gordon Brown's leadership of the Labour Party.

The letter to Gordon goes like this:


Dear Gordon,

I am such a brave man that I do don't want to be in cabinet - I hate your
guts. But whilst I want you to quit, I don't want to face a by-election
myself because I know I will lose, and I won't be able to make any more
claims on expenses. But you Gordon should still go.

On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:52:41 -0700 (PDT), Jades Not Dead
<pickpops> wrote:

>On 4 June, 22:08, Stuart B <xpozur> wrote:
>
>So who's in charge of the DWP now? Hmm... might give it a go myself :)

Too late .One creep out ...another creep in ...Caroline Flint get's
the post .






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On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:44:57 +0100, Stuart B
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>On Thu, 4 Jun 2009 16:52:41 -0700 (PDT), Jades Not Dead
><pickpops> wrote:
>>Too late .One creep out ...another creep in ...Caroline Flint get's
>the post .
>Oops!! My mistake .It's Yvette Cooper who gets that gig .Still another
creep tho'.
Caroline Flint has resigned from Govt.





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On 5 June, 12:21, Ar <A> wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:08:51 +0100, Stuart B wrote:
>> The letter to Gordon goes like this:
>
> Dear Gordon,
>
> I am such a brave man that I do don't want to be in cabinet - I hate your
> guts. But whilst I want you to quit, I don't want to face a by-election
> myself because I know I will lose, and I won't be able to make any more
> claims on expenses. But you Gordon should still go.

I've seen Purnell reasonably close up and he seems like a grovelling
little shit with a slight hint of petulance about him and irony of
ironies,
he was abusing his expenses, thought nothing of it and yet more or
less
kept banging on about people shouldn't get something for nothing.

Grovellers are invariably cowards of course....

fr.

On 5 June, 17:52, Stuart B <xpozur> wrote:
> On Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:44:57 +0100, Stuart B
>>
>> <xpozur> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Oops!! My mistake .It's Yvette Cooper who gets that gig .Still another
> creep tho'.
> Caroline Flint has resigned from Govt.

Flint thinks Brown treated her as "female window dressing".
This was the stupid tart who had her papers the wrong way round
and the press found out details they weren't supposed to.

fr.

"Fr J. Hackett" <dontbesobloodynosey> wrote in message
news:9648
> > >Too late .One creep out ...another creep in ...Caroline Flint get's
> > >the post .
> >
> > Oops!! My mistake .It's Yvette Cooper who gets that gig .Still another
> > creep tho'.
> > Caroline Flint has resigned from Govt.
>
> Flint thinks Brown treated her as "female window dressing".
> This was the stupid tart who had her papers the wrong way round
> and the press found out details they weren't supposed to.

And who swore undying loyalty to the PM on Thursday, only to kick him in the
balls on Friday.

Of course the remnants of the cabinet are still swearing undying loyalty to the
PM....till tomorrow?

In article <e610459a-e69c-4515-bac5-3c1a06219648
@e20g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>, dontbesobloodynosey says...
> On 5 June, 17:52, Stuart B <xpozur> wrote:
>
> Flint thinks Brown treated her as "female window dressing".
> This was the stupid tart who had her papers the wrong way round
> and the press found out details they weren't supposed to.
>
> fr.
>
Flint is the one who's complaining about Brown's sexist behaviour and
treating women MPs as 'window dressing'. Meanwhile, she appears at some point
to have commissioned(*) some photographs of her all glammed up. Hmm. I sense
some sort of pot <-> kettle dialogue going on here.

(*) on expenses, presumably?

On Sat, 6 Jun 2009 13:03:45 +0100, Halmyre <no.spam> wrote:

>In article <e610459a-e69c-4515-bac5-3c1a06219648
>@e20g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>, dontbesobloodynosey says...
>
>Flint is the one who's complaining about Brown's sexist behaviour and
>treating women MPs as 'window dressing'. Meanwhile, she appears at some point
>to have commissioned(*) some photographs of her all glammed up. Hmm. I sense
>some sort of pot <-> kettle dialogue going on here.
>
>(*) on expenses, presumably?

Is this anything to do with Amsterdam working girls window undressing?

On 6 June, 13:03, Halmyre <no.s...@this.address> wrote:
[..]
>>
>
> Flint is the one who's complaining about Brown's sexist behaviour and
> treating women MPs as 'window dressing'. Meanwhile, she appears at some point
> to have commissioned(*) some photographs of her all glammed up. Hmm. I sense
> some sort of pot <-> kettle dialogue going on here.
>
> (*) on expenses, presumably?

Flint is utterly vapid.
Dom would probably rump her rotten though.

fr.

I was trying to work out who Purnell looks a little like.
I think I've found it:

article-1191276-0537AF5E000005DC-939_224x423.jpg
article-1060732-02C5CF9500000578-402_224x321.jpg

fr.