Brown Rearranges Deckchairs on the Titanic
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is having a last gasp reshuffle of the Cabinet on the eve of elections that could force him from Downing Street.
Mr Brown's Cabinet reshuffle was hastened by the shock announcement earlier today that Hazel Blears, the Communities Secretary, is standing down from the Government.
Miss Blears is furious with the Prime Minister over his recent public criticism of her Parliamentary expenses.
"I have told the Prime Minister I am resigning from the Government," Miss Blears said in a statement. "I am returning to the grassroots. I want to help the Labour Party to reconnect with the British people.
"My politics has always been rooted in the belief that ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things.
"The role of a progressive Government should be to pass power to the people.
"I want to help the Labour Party to reconnect with the British people, to remind them that our values are their values, that their hopes and dreams are ours too."
Tellingly the Salford MP omitted to acknowledge Mr Brown in her resignation statement.
Miss Blears' resignation comes less than 24 hours after maligned Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced her departure from the Government. Tom Watson, one of Mr Brown's closest aides, also announced yesterday that he'll be leaving his role as Cabinet Office Minister.
Meanwhile at Prime Ministers Questions Mr Brown spouted his usual rhetoric about focusing on pulling the country out of recession. Yawn.
It's been a pretty eventful week in the decline of the Labour Government. The way things are going Mr Brown will be flipping burgers in McDonald's by this time next month.
Better buy your "Things Can Only Get Better" souvenir mugs now.
Mr Brown's Cabinet reshuffle was hastened by the shock announcement earlier today that Hazel Blears, the Communities Secretary, is standing down from the Government.
Miss Blears is furious with the Prime Minister over his recent public criticism of her Parliamentary expenses.
"I have told the Prime Minister I am resigning from the Government," Miss Blears said in a statement. "I am returning to the grassroots. I want to help the Labour Party to reconnect with the British people.
"My politics has always been rooted in the belief that ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things.
"The role of a progressive Government should be to pass power to the people.
"I want to help the Labour Party to reconnect with the British people, to remind them that our values are their values, that their hopes and dreams are ours too."
Tellingly the Salford MP omitted to acknowledge Mr Brown in her resignation statement.
Miss Blears' resignation comes less than 24 hours after maligned Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced her departure from the Government. Tom Watson, one of Mr Brown's closest aides, also announced yesterday that he'll be leaving his role as Cabinet Office Minister.
Meanwhile at Prime Ministers Questions Mr Brown spouted his usual rhetoric about focusing on pulling the country out of recession. Yawn.
It's been a pretty eventful week in the decline of the Labour Government. The way things are going Mr Brown will be flipping burgers in McDonald's by this time next month.
Better buy your "Things Can Only Get Better" souvenir mugs now.
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