UK: PM's party whip wants him gone
Independent.co.uk
Labour whip is first to openly challenge PM
By Andrew Grice and Nigel Morris
Saturday, 13 September 2008
Gordon Brown faced an open challenge to his position last night when Labour MPs took the first steps towards triggering a leadership contest.
Siobhain McDonagh, an arch-Blairite and Labour whip, became the first member of the Brown Government to call for a leadership election, saying that Labour needed to "clear the air" because it was doing so badly and that a "huge number" of MPs wanted a contest. She was immediately sacked from her junior ministerial post, and learnt of her dismissal from journalists.
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Ms McDonagh is one of at least eight MPs who have called for Mr Brown's leadership to be debated at Labour's annual conference in Manchester starting a week today.
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