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Article: Brown 'will be ditched as Prime Minister before next election'
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- May 13, 2008
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FRANK Field, the leader of Labour's 10p tax rebels, came under
fierce attack yesterday after claiming that Gordon Brown would be
ditched as Prime Minister before the next general election.
He said there were sufficient Labour back-benchers to block the
Budget - which has still to complete its passage through parliament -
and this would force Mr Brown to step down.
In one of the most coruscating attacks on Mr Brown to date, the
former welfare minister recalled "tantrums of an indescribable
nature" coming from the then Chancellor and said he "looks so
unhappy in his own body it conveys the most dismal message to
people".
But Mr Field was quickly branded a loner who appeared to be
acting ...