Harman gets the job
"Tony, Gordon and I: we were all Neil's apprentices." A smiling Lord Kinnock was there to enjoy the compliment. But what else have Blair, Brown and Harman got in common? We're about to find out. of the Labour Party. That doesn't mean she will become deputy Prime Minister, however. It looks like Gordon Brown has decided to make do without the position John Prescott filled in government for a decade.
In their haste to be first with the story, Sky News reported, for a good hour, that Alan Johnson had won the deputy leadership election. Oops. That brings back memories of the night before John Paul II's death, when Sky reported the pope's demise and a producer and I started running around the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ news room wondering when to start our live coverage only to be told it was a false alarm. Better late and accurate than first with the wrong story?
What now for our erstwhile Secretary of State, Peter Hain? I predict Leader of the House of Commons; or maybe Lib Dem leader in the Lords. (Yes, that was a joke.) Your predictions are welcome below.
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That doesn't mean she will become deputy Prime Minister, however. It looks like Gordon Brown has decided to make do without the position he filled in government for a decade.
I don't think Gordon was ever Deputy PM?
Alan, yes, that was a braindead moment on my part. Fixed. If you want a job as an editor, get in touch!