http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/ourkingdom-theme/tom-griffin/2008/09/13/the-plot-thickens Comments for "The plot thickens, Tom Griffin " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/ourkingdom-theme/tom-griffin/2008/09/13/the-plot-thickens <p> <strong>Tom Griffin (London, <a href="/ourkingdom">OK</a>): </strong>This weekend&#39;s events in the Labour Party are looking more and more like an attempt at repeating the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5319328.stm">Brownite coup against Tony Blair </a>of 2006. Following Siobhan McDonagh&#39;s resignation as a junior whip yesterday, Party vice-chair Joan Ryan and former minister  George Howarth have <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7613701.stm">called for a leadership election</a>. </p> <p> Significantly, Howarth is also one of 12 MPs who have demanded a change of direction in <a href="http://www.progressives.org.uk/Magazine/article.asp?a=3351">Progress Magazine</a>, the organ of what, with <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2008/09/labour-blair-british-current">apologies to Charles Clarke</a>, is generally seen as the Blairite caucus within the party. </p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/blog/ourkingdom-theme/tom-griffin/2008/09/13/the-plot-thickens#comment OurKingdom-theme OurKingdom Gordon Brown Labour Party ourkingdom Tom Griffin Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:14:02 +0100 Tom Griffin 46212 at http://www.opendemocracy.net