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5:10pm Monday 10th May 2010 in
Premier Gordon Brown has announced he is to resign as Labour leader.
Speaking outside 10 Downing Street Mr Brown said he intended to stand down as Labour leader "in the national interest".
Mr Brown said he would ask the Labour Party to set in train the processes for a leadership election and he would not be standing.
He said he wanted his successor to be in place by the time the Labour Party meets for its annual conference, this September.
Bookies have made Southampton Itchen MP John Denham 33-1 to take over at the head of the party, behind favourite David Miliband.
Mr Brown said: "There is a progressive majority in Britain and I believe it could be in the interests of the whole country to form a progressive coalition government.
"In addition to the economic priorities, in my view, only such a progressive government could meet the demand for political and electoral change which the British people made last Thursday.
"If it becomes clear that the national interest, which is stable and principled government, can be best served by forming a coalition between the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats, then I believe I should discharge that duty, support that government which would, in my view, command a majority in the House of Commons in the Queen's Speech and any other confidence votes.
"But I have no desire to stay in my position longer than is needed to ensure the path to economic growth is assured and the process of political reform we have agreed moves forward quickly.
“The reason that we have a hung parliament is that no single party and no single leader was able to win the full support of the country.
"As leader of my party I must accept that as a judgement on me.
“I therefore intend to ask the Labour Party to set in train the processes needed for its own leadership election.
"I would hope that it would be completed in time for the new leader to be in post by the time of the Labour Party conference. "I will play no part in that contest, I will back no individual candidate."
Comments(24)
allsaintsnocurves
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5:35pm Mon 10 May 10
Condor Man
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5:40pm Mon 10 May 10
freefinker
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5:43pm Mon 10 May 10
Condor Man wrote:No, that prize goes to the war criminal Blair
what a great day, the end of a man who has damaged this country more than any PM in living memory
Allotment man 66
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5:45pm Mon 10 May 10
Condor Man
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5:48pm Mon 10 May 10
freefinker wrote:No, has to be Brown as Blair gave him a free hand to wreck the economy from 1997. Blair wasn't really a PM, he was just a figure head. It was Brown that dominated home policy and the results speak for themselves.
Condor Man wrote: what a great day, the end of a man who has damaged this country more than any PM in living memoryNo, that prize goes to the war criminal Blair
OSPREYSAINT
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5:50pm Mon 10 May 10
soton1980
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5:56pm Mon 10 May 10
Lone Ranger
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5:59pm Mon 10 May 10
freefinker
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6:02pm Mon 10 May 10
Condor Man wrote:So, you think the hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi deaths caused by Blair have not seriously damaged this country? You are looking through your usual blinkered spectacles again.
freefinker wrote:No, has to be Brown as Blair gave him a free hand to wreck the economy from 1997. Blair wasn't really a PM, he was just a figure head. It was Brown that dominated home policy and the results speak for themselves.
Condor Man wrote: what a great day, the end of a man who has damaged this country more than any PM in living memoryNo, that prize goes to the war criminal Blair
damien thorn
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6:07pm Mon 10 May 10
blackjack6522
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6:14pm Mon 10 May 10
Iw61
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6:19pm Mon 10 May 10
Brite Spark
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6:26pm Mon 10 May 10
Lone Ranger
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6:32pm Mon 10 May 10
Highway to Hartlepool
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7:18pm Mon 10 May 10
OSPREYSAINT wrote:Vote Balls - we will **** it up!
Balls for PM. Always wanted to say that.
EELS MAN
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7:47pm Mon 10 May 10
Mike_Saint
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8:08pm Mon 10 May 10
freefinker wrote:W*****s the pair of you!
Condor Man wrote: what a great day, the end of a man who has damaged this country more than any PM in living memoryNo, that prize goes to the war criminal Blair
barmypom
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5:43am Tue 11 May 10
Iw61 wrote:Wake up you Labour plonker.
Im glad Brown has gone.
But dont tell me Brown was the worst PM ever. What rubbish!! If he was that bad why didnt Cameron get a thumping majority? He didnt because was possibly the worst opposition leader in history!!
John Major in my view has that title as worst PM. Look at the 1997 election result?
Please!!Stroll on CondorMan
EELS MAN
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6:07am Tue 11 May 10
barmypom wrote:Here Here!
Iw61 wrote: Im glad Brown has gone. But dont tell me Brown was the worst PM ever. What rubbish!! If he was that bad why didnt Cameron get a thumping majority? He didnt because was possibly the worst opposition leader in history!! John Major in my view has that title as worst PM. Look at the 1997 election result? Please!!Stroll on CondorManWake up you Labour plonker. Why do you think Cameron didn't get a thumping majority? It's because Blair and Brown have engineered a guaranteed voter base over the last 13 years through social engineering, welfare handouts, uncontrolled immigration. and 'dumbing down' of the population. Skilled workers have also left Britain in droves over the last few years, denting the Conservative voter base. The reason why a Labour govt is so **** hard to get rid of is because collectively, the people of this country have become stupid. Average Labour voter IQ tends to be less that Tory voter IQ. It's fact that IQ and fertility are negatively correlated....one reason why Labour voters (or people with lower IQ) outbreed the rest of the population. This is why we didn't get a Tory landslide....it's because Labour can do no wrong.
Facewagon
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8:34am Tue 11 May 10
barmypom wrote:Wow, science in action. Evidence?
Iw61 wrote: Im glad Brown has gone. But dont tell me Brown was the worst PM ever. What rubbish!! If he was that bad why didnt Cameron get a thumping majority? He didnt because was possibly the worst opposition leader in history!! John Major in my view has that title as worst PM. Look at the 1997 election result? Please!!Stroll on CondorManWake up you Labour plonker. Why do you think Cameron didn't get a thumping majority? It's because Blair and Brown have engineered a guaranteed voter base over the last 13 years through social engineering, welfare handouts, uncontrolled immigration. and 'dumbing down' of the population. Skilled workers have also left Britain in droves over the last few years, denting the Conservative voter base. The reason why a Labour govt is so **** hard to get rid of is because collectively, the people of this country have become stupid. Average Labour voter IQ tends to be less that Tory voter IQ. It's fact that IQ and fertility are negatively correlated....one reason why Labour voters (or people with lower IQ) outbreed the rest of the population. This is why we didn't get a Tory landslide....it's because Labour can do no wrong.
Lone Ranger
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9:05am Tue 11 May 10
Facewagon wrote:I am sure that you can read the full story in The Sun !!!!!
barmypom wrote:Wow, science in action. Evidence?
Iw61 wrote: Im glad Brown has gone. But dont tell me Brown was the worst PM ever. What rubbish!! If he was that bad why didnt Cameron get a thumping majority? He didnt because was possibly the worst opposition leader in history!! John Major in my view has that title as worst PM. Look at the 1997 election result? Please!!Stroll on CondorManWake up you Labour plonker. Why do you think Cameron didn't get a thumping majority? It's because Blair and Brown have engineered a guaranteed voter base over the last 13 years through social engineering, welfare handouts, uncontrolled immigration. and 'dumbing down' of the population. Skilled workers have also left Britain in droves over the last few years, denting the Conservative voter base. The reason why a Labour govt is so **** hard to get rid of is because collectively, the people of this country have become stupid. Average Labour voter IQ tends to be less that Tory voter IQ. It's fact that IQ and fertility are negatively correlated....one reason why Labour voters (or people with lower IQ) outbreed the rest of the population. This is why we didn't get a Tory landslide....it's because Labour can do no wrong.
Linesman
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9:13am Tue 11 May 10
southy
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11:04am Tue 11 May 10
Lone Ranger wrote:very true lone and we all know that sun would not print the truth being a tory party and a very large donate to the tory party.
Facewagon wrote:I am sure that you can read the full story in The Sun !!!!!
barmypom wrote:Wow, science in action. Evidence?
Iw61 wrote: Im glad Brown has gone. But dont tell me Brown was the worst PM ever. What rubbish!! If he was that bad why didnt Cameron get a thumping majority? He didnt because was possibly the worst opposition leader in history!! John Major in my view has that title as worst PM. Look at the 1997 election result? Please!!Stroll on CondorManWake up you Labour plonker. Why do you think Cameron didn't get a thumping majority? It's because Blair and Brown have engineered a guaranteed voter base over the last 13 years through social engineering, welfare handouts, uncontrolled immigration. and 'dumbing down' of the population. Skilled workers have also left Britain in droves over the last few years, denting the Conservative voter base. The reason why a Labour govt is so **** hard to get rid of is because collectively, the people of this country have become stupid. Average Labour voter IQ tends to be less that Tory voter IQ. It's fact that IQ and fertility are negatively correlated....one reason why Labour voters (or people with lower IQ) outbreed the rest of the population. This is why we didn't get a Tory landslide....it's because Labour can do no wrong.
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mr angreee says...
5:20pm Mon 10 May 10