James Purnell Resigns: Wants Brown to Go

[Paulie Tandoori]

madelson in front of purnell, prolly sucking each other cocks....

 

[Nemo]

He's not special - they're all like this.

They're all equally vile but some are more equal than others.

 

[YouSir]

You have a gun and one bullet - Mandelson or Purnell

Purnell. Mandleson is a corrupt, dellusional, lying bastard who's only out for himself, Purnell's malicious enough to screw over other people even if there's nothing in it for him.

 

[DotCommunist]

Him and fraud have already done the damage to the welfare aspects of govmnt. but at least the slimy fucker is off out of it. And long may he remain out of organising anything save his fucking sock drawer

 

[Nemo]

You have a gun and one bullet - Mandelson or Purnell

Purnell.

 

[butchersapron]

Cruddas, the left winger, not

We've told you, Cruddas' concern is with his seat and his own interests alone, that's the ony reason he's bothered with the anti-bnp stuff.

 

[London_Calling]

Extended Newsnight on BBC2

 

[DownwardDog]

I wouldn't bet on that; he's now established as unreliable and not a team player.

No such thing as a team player in politics. Major brought Heseltine back as Deputy Prime Minister no less.

 

[xplicit]

Proper cunt, good riddance, and deserves everything bad that may happen to him.

Surely, though, this, combined with all the other resignations, the (likely) outcome of the elections, the general feeling of of the populace, and the current political and economical climate, has to mean Gordon Brown needs to step down now. It's not only falling apart, it's essentially disintegrating. No?

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Purnell.

Or alternatively, you could cobbler the pair of them to death with the gun and save the bullet for Jack Straw.

 

[butchersapron]

No such thing as a team player in politics. Major brought Heseltine back as Deputy Prime Minister no less.

Because he would be, and was, a team player.

 

[Nemo]

No such thing as a team player in politics. Major brought Heseltine back as Deputy Prime Minister no less.

He had a personal following though; Purnell doesn't.

 

[kropotkin]

I don't really understand why people are happy- he would surely only have done this to better position himself for the post-Brown reshuffle, no?

 

[DotCommunist]

Or alternatively, you could cobbler the pair of them to death with the gun and save the bullet for Jack Straw.

A bullet will go through three if you make them stand one in front of the other

 

[Fedayn]

I don't really understand why people are happy- he would surely only have done this to better position himself for the post-Brown reshuffle, no?

At the very least, can't you see why civil servants in the DWP might be smiling a tad?

 

[kropotkin]

For sure- it will be worse if he manages to swing Home Sec!

 

[butchersapron]

I don't really understand why people are happy- he would surely only have done this to better position himself for the post-Brown reshuffle, no?

Looks like a black mark on his career -forced to resign in disgrace, of course, he'll do what you say. But this road leads to not enjoying the fast approaching Thatcher death.

 

[Badger Kitten]

A Downing Street spokesman said: "Many members of the Labour party will be deeply disappointed that a member of the cabinet has chosen to announce his decision to resign to the newspapers rather than to the leader of the Labour Party."

lulz

 

[Nemo]

I don't really understand why people are happy- he would surely only have done this to better position himself for the post-Brown reshuffle, no?

That will only work if there's a.) a post-Brown reshuffle while Labour are still in power, and b.) Brown's successor doesn't believe that the shitcunt is more trouble than he's worth.

 

[kropotkin]

.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

A bullet will go through three if you make them stand one in front of the other

I should have specified that it was a dum dum bullet

 

[Badger Kitten]

Dear Gordon,

We both love the Labour party. I have worked for it for 20 years and you for far longer. We know we owe it everything and it owes us nothing.

I owe it to our party to say what I believe no matter how hard that may be. I now believe your continued leadership makes a Conservative victory more, not less likely.

That would be disastrous for our country. This moment calls for stronger regulation, an active state, better public services, an open democracy. It calls for a government that measures itself by how it treats the poorest in society. Those are our values, not David Cameron's.

We therefore owe it to our country to give it a real choice. We need to show that we are prepared to fight to be a credible government and have the courage to offer an alternative future.

I am therefore calling on you to stand aside to give our Party a fighting chance of winning. As such I am resigning from government.

The Party was here long before us, and we want it to be here long after we have gone. We must do the right thing by it.

I am not seeking the leadership, nor acting with anyone else. My actions are my own considered view, nothing more. If the consensus is that you should continue, then I will support the government loyally from the backbenches. But I do believe that this question now needs to be put.

Thank you for giving me the privilege of serving.

Yours,
James Purnell

lulz

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

At the very least, can't you see why civil servants in the DWP might be smiling a tad?

still a strange one, all the same. why are you smiling about the likelihood of getting an SoS who'll cut the department to fuck? cuts in public services are inevitable now tbh.

 

[butchersapron]

still a strange one, all the same. why are you smiling about the likelihood of getting an SoS who'll cut the department to fuck? cuts in public services are inevitable now tbh.

Why is it more likely now?

Any one coming in is going to be junior and just waiting for death surely?

 

[Nemo]

This moment calls for stronger regulation, an active state, better public services, an open democracy. It calls for a government that measures itself by how it treats the poorest in society. Those are our values, not David Cameron's.

Has he been living in some weird parallel universe for the last 12 years?

 

[danny la rouge]

Purnell.

Could we get them to stand one behind the other and hope?

Anyway, the self-destruction of New Labour is most entertaining.

 

[Nemo]

Could we get them to stand one behind the other and hope?

Anyway, the self-destruction of New Labour is most entertaining.

It was always bound to happen when the iron fist of the leadership weakened, as apart from a desire for power, they have nothing in common.

 

[DotCommunist]

Has he been living in some weird parallel universe for the last 12 years?

No, he's just got a fucking cheek to mouth those words when he has presided over 'reform' of the benefit system. The cock-bag.

 

[agricola]

I don't really understand why people are happy- he would surely only have done this to better position himself for the post-Brown reshuffle, no?

Maybe, but no amount of reshuffles or changes of leader will save this current mob - at least with Thatcher there was a large amount of vitriol that was aimed solely at her or her policies, and the Tories were able to ditch her and some of those policies (to a degree) and reap the benefit (of course Major was not especially objectionable either) in 1992. I think most people here realise this.

That will not happen now. Noone is saying (or at least noone I know is saying) that things would be better if Purnell / Blears / Burnham / Straw / Johnson / Harman were in charge, they are all part of the same odious, corrupt, careerist mob and would probably continue with their policies (such as they are). The only way it would change is if they fell on their swords and gave the job to someone utterly unconnected with NL (McDonnell, for instance) but that will never happen.

 

[Fedayn]

still a strange one, all the same. why are you smiling about the likelihood of getting an SoS who'll cut the department to fuck? cuts in public services are inevitable now tbh.

Eh? 100,000 civil servants cunt in the past few years. 30,000 in the DWP, Purnell wanted to cut more. Are we supposed-as you clearly imply-that we should stick with the man who has presided over a calculated butchery of DWP services, who wants to hammer the poor even more than ANY previous Tory SoS? Your argument is the same as saying vote Labour to stop the Tories. Purnell has gone further than any Tory in his attacks on DWP staff and the poor. Being pleased that this shite has gone does not imply support for more attacks on our jobs, services and the poor, it's simply 'relief' at the 'temporary'? departure of a nasty anti-working class scumbag, no more no less.