Alan Milburn quoted as telling Gordon, that they must
“pull together”, told press
“I think the prime minister was 100% right … that this is a cabinet, a Labour cabinet, a Labour government, a Labour party more ideologically united than any previous cabinet of any post-war government I can think of.” –
Grauniad
“Please ring Tessa asap” said the message.
Indy
Brown urged Blair not to step down before election –
Times
“Michael Howard shuffled his pack of jokers for the second time in three months yesterday. Once again.. nobody cares.” –
Mirror
UPDATE Milburn
“The prime minister has decided I should be in charge of the general election planning, overall strategy and policy presentation and crucially, the formulation and development of policy that will eventually lead … to a Labour manifesto at the next general election” Translated:
Want some Gordon? I’ll have you son…