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Media

Regroup, frefocus, reprioritise - and that starts at the top
Martin Kettle, The Guardian, 10 May 2008

Labour is losing touch with voters, warns minister
Macer Hall, Daily Expresss, 9 May 2008

Labour slump to rock bottom in the polls - 26 per cent behind the Tories and at their lowest rating since records began in the 1930s

James Chapman, Daily Mail, 9 May 2008

Culture of denial
Martin Bright, New Statesman, 8 May 2008

New Labour is finished. The fight is over what replaces it
Seuman Milne, The Guardian, 8 May 2008

Labour looks at tax options as poll looms

George Parker and Jean Eaglesham, Financial Times, 7 May 2008

Clarke tells Brown to give up 'dog-whistle politics'

Andrew Grice and Colin Brown, The Independent, 7 May 2008

Charles Clarke: PM could be KO'd 'in months'
George Pascoe-Watson, The Sun, 7 May 2008

TAXED TO THE LIMIT
Macer Hall, Daily Express, 7 May 2008

Now Labour accused of attempt to 'politicise police' after ministers ask terror chief to make the case for 42-day detentions
Evening Standard, 7 May 2008

Gordon Brown attacked by Charles Clarke
Andrew Porter, Daily Telegraph, 7 May 2008

Half of Labour voters say Gordon Brown should step aside
Andrew Porter, Daily Telegraph, 7 May 2008

Clarke urges Brown to drop 42-day detention
Elizabeth Stewart and Andrew Sparrow, guardian.co.uk,6 May 2008

Brown gets another political soaking
Michael White, guardian.co.uk, 6 May 2008

Clarke lashes out (again)
Matthew D'Ancona, spectator.co.uk, 6 May 2008

Charles Clarke accuses Brown of ‘dog whistle politics’
The First Post, 6 May 2008

'Mini budget is needed to sort out 10p tax', demands Labour 'big beast ' Charles Clarke

Benedict Brogan, Mail on Sunday, 4 May 2008

The day Boris became Mayor was the beginning of the end for Dave
John Rentoul, Independent on Sunday, 4 May 2008

It's Labour stalwart versus Tory fop - dress rehearsal for the really big one
Jonathan Freedland, the Guardian, 30 April 2008

Streetfighter
Backbencher, guardian.co.uk, 16 April 2008

Lewis intervention makes life even more difficult for Brown

The First Post, 31 March 2008

Brown issues rallying call to quell unrest
George Parker, Financial Times, 31 March 2008

Minister warns Brown: 'You're out of touch'
James Chapman, Daily Mail, 31 March 2008

Gordon Brown out of touch, says minister
Robert Winnett, Daily Telegraph, 31 March 2008

Brown tries to steady MPs' nerves
Nicholas Watt, The Guardian, 31 March 2008

Senior govt minister brands his own party as no-hopers
Ian Kirby, News of the World, 30 March 2008

Polls show Labour will lose votes in the South
Rosa Prince, Daily Telegraph, 25 March 2008

Brown and the conservatory-building classes

Rachel Sylvester, Daily Telegraph, 25 March 2008

Brown in danger of losing southern England

George Parker, Financial Times, 24 March 2008

Gordon Brown's fate is to find his future tied to Ken Livingstone
Martin Ivens, Sunday Times, 23 March 2008

A shot of southern comfort can unite the warring halves of Labour's brain

Polly Toynbee, The Guardian, 21 March 2008

Blairites tell Gordon Brown to rethink policies

Toby Helm, Daily Telegraph, 20 March 2008

Hazel Blears tells Labour: we need to win back the middle classes

Jill Sherman, The Times, 20 March 2008

Pandering to the Guardian?

Michael White, Comment is Free, 20 March 2008

Blairite Brown has put Labour in pincer trap, say leftist MPs

Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 20 March 2008

Labour 'must not pander to the Guardian', says Blears

Andrew Sparrow, Guardian Unlimited, 19 March 2008

Cabinet thrashes out ideas for big election battles to come

Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 19 March 2008

Labour future: blueprint for a fourth term

Jon Trickett and Charles Clarke, The Guardian, 18 March 2008

Being rich 'should be celebrated'

BBC News, 12 March 2008

Hutton call to 'celebrate' millionaires receives an icy response from the TUC

Andrew Grice, The Independent, 12 March 2008

Darling urged to deliver on child poverty

George Parker, FT, 12 March 2008

Labour moderniser John Hutton says UK 'needs more millionaires'

Philip Webster, The Times, 11 March 2008

The minister for fatcats is stuck in a Blairite time warp

Polly Toynbee, The Guardian, 11 March 2008

Celebrate huge salaries, minister tells Labour

Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 10 March 2008

If only it realised, Labour is coming close to a revelation

John Harris, The Guardian, 6 March 2008

PM mulls general election for June 2009

Andrew Grice, The Independent, 5 March 2008

Miliband: no turning back on reform of public services

Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 7 February 2008

It's not a big idea but the old ideas that Brown needs now

Jackie Ashley, The Guardian, 4 February 2008

Can Brown turn it around? Probably not
John Rentoul, The Independent on Sunday, 3 February 2008

Petty political sniping isn't a sign of progress
Rod Liddle, The Sunday Times, 3 February 2008

Labour needs to take a good hard look at the opposition
Martin Kettle, The Guardian, 2 February 2008

Top Blairites launch attack against 'do-nothing' Brown
Daily Mail, 1 February 2008

Ex-minister warns Brown must regain focus
The Scotsman, 1 February 2008

Brown's growing list of armchair critics
Guardian Unlimited, 1 February 2008

Michael White discusses Progress
Guardian podcast, 1 February 2008

Minister tell PM: we must wake up to the Tory threat
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 1 February 2008

Clarke: Labour must focus on the future
Colin Brown, The Independent, 1 February 2008

Brown must improve to avoid ten years of Tories
James Kirkup, Daily Telegraph, 1 February 2008

Clarke: Labour needs to generate new ideas
Michael Settle, The Herald, 1 February 2008

Clarke warns on policy direction
The Financial Times, 31 January 2008

Charles Clarke interview
Channel 4 News, 31 January 2008

Anxious Charles Clarke demands Labour policy clarity
In the News, 31 January 2008

Brown warned he could lose election
Reuters, 31 January 2008

Kamikaze Conway?
Nick Robinson's Blog, BBC News, 31 January 2008

Labour 'must spell out policies'
BBC News, 31 January 2008

Clarke warns on Labour direction
Epolitix, 31 January 2008

Diverging views
David Walker, Society Guardian, 23 January 2008

Public sector reform is far from over, but now it's staff and communities who must lead the way
Andy Burnham, The Guardian, 16 January 2008

More risk-taking in public sector urged by minister
Patrick Wintour and David Brindle, The Guardian, 16 January 2008

The Tories need to get real on the issue of social mobility
David Blunkett, The Guardian, 15 January 2008

When there's no more room at the top
Peter Wilby, New Statesman, 10 January 2008

Former cabinet minister calls for social reforms

Alison Bennett, Children and Young People Now, 8 January 2008

Blunkett urges learning support
Tom Smithard, Yorkshire Post, 8 January 2008

Blunkett cash plan for pupils
Sheffield Star, 8 January 2008

Blunkett calls for extra support for UK's poorest children
24dash.com, 8 January 2008

'Rich can fund kids'
Daily Mirror, 8 January 2008

Listen again to David Blunkett's report on Tuesday morning's Today programme
BBC Radio 4, 8 January 2008

Blunkett sets out scheme to stop formation of underclass
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 7 January 2008

Blood on the dancefloor
John Harris, The Guardian, 5 January 2008

Brown must graciously accept this olive branch
Jackie Ashley, The Guardian, 31 December 2007

Whatever happened to the Blairites?
Patrick Barkham, The Guardian, 19 December 2007

Brownites risk ditching public sector reform, says Blair adviser
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, Tuesday 27 November 2007

U-turn on 'sport for all' pledge
Jo Revill, The Observer, Sunday 25 November 2007

Be bold, Gordon: show us the red thread running through your policies
Polly Toynbee, The Guardian, Friday 9 November 2007

The politics of fear

Martin Bright, New Statesman, Thursday 8 November 2007

Minister's fear on pace of reform
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, Tuesday 6 November 2007

(Letters in response, Wednesday 7 November)

BBC Politics Show
BBC 2, Sunday 4 November 2007

The World this Weekend
BBC Radio 4, Sunday 4 November 2007

'Labour has made mistakes'

Sunday Mirror, Sunday 4 November 2007

We've made mistakes, Balls admits
Guardian breaking news, Saturday 3 November 2007

Tessa Jowell: Gangs are skilled entrepreneurs
By Brendan Carlin, Daily Telegraph, 26 September 2007

Labour 'united despite mistakes'
BBC News Online, Saturday 3 November 2007

MPs split over election date
BBC News Online, 26 September 2007

Mandy's flirtation with Communism

By Jessica Asato, New Statesman Online, 25 September 2007

Ministers enjoy a spot of Dave-bashing
By Ros Taylor, Guardian Unlimited, 25 September 2007

Minister mulls difficulties of linking up 43 police forces
By Alan Travis, Guardian Unlimited, 25 September 2007

Q&A: Young Labour Party Conference delegates
By Andy Jones, thelondonpaper, 24 September 2007

Mandelson ends his feud with Brown
By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 24 September 2007

Mandelson makes peace with PM

By Ros Taylor, Guardian Unlimited, 24 September 2007

Peter Mandelson ends feud with Gordon Brown
By Toby Helm, the Telegraph, 24 September 2007

Brown to delay poll decision as he sets out stall for fourth term
By Andrew Grice, the Independent, 24 September 2007

Progress on all Compass points
By John Harris, Comment is Free, 24 September 2007

Miliband: we want ten more years in power
By Nicholas Watt, The Observer, 23 September 2007

Labour appoints election director
BBC News Online, 9 August 2007

Would-be deputies join the debate but try not to mention the B-word
By Fran Yeoman, The Times, 17 May 2007

Hain plays the unity card in deputy leader campaign
By Colin Brown, The Independent, 17 May 2007

Education and quest for unity dominate hustings
By Will Woodward, The Guardian, 17 May 2007

'I did what I thought was right'
By Patrick Wintour and Will Woodward, The Guardian, 11 May 2007

Today, the beginning of the end
By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 10 May 2007

Jowell calls for end to tribalism
By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 1 May 2007

End this damaging party feud, Jowell tells Labour tribes
By Philip Webster, The Times, 1 May 2007

Blair's bloody legacy: Iraq
By Andrew Grice, The Independent, 1 May 2007

Reid call for unity hands the crown to Brown

By Graeme Wilson, The Daily Telegraph, 30 April 2007

Blair to endorse Brown - finally
By Ned Temko, Nicholas Watt and Lorna Martin, The Observer, 30 April 2007

Mandelson warns over union power
By Ollie Stone-Lee, BBC News, 25 September 2006

Fresh attempt to oust PM bound to backfire, says Mandelson
By Tania Branigan, The Guardian, 25 September 2006

Labour unveils plans for BBC-style charter for the NHS
By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 23 September 2006

Freedom is a moral goal
By James Purnell, The Guardian, 23 September 2006

Cameron is lucky Milburn and Brown hate each other
By Matthew d'Ancona, Telegraph.co.uk, 17 September 2006

Cabinet turns on Brown in hunt for 'alternative PM'
By Gaby Hinsliff and Ned Temko, The Observer, 10 September 2006

Blair to Brown: I won't do what you demand
By Gaby Hinsliff and Ned Temko, The Observer, 10 September 2006

Relaxed and jovial Blair 'on form'
By Brian Wheeler, BBC News, 10 September 2006

Blair calls for halt to sniping
BBC News, 10 September 2006

Blair seeks fresh policies to avoid 'lame duck' tag
By Andrew Grice, The Independent, 24 August 2006

Labour to attack Cameron over ‘Bush politics’
By Ned Temko, The Observer, 5 August 2006

Twitchy Labour MPs look to ditch Brown along with Blair
By Rachel Sylvester, Daily Telegraph, 4 July 2006

Voting Tory 'no longer shameful'
By James Landale, BBC News 24, 3 July 2006

How Brown 'stepped back from the precipice'
By Ned Temko, The Observer, 21 May 2006

Who can unite the north and south?
By Andrew Grice, The Independent, 20 May 2006

Labour left flexes muscles in merger
By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 19 May 2006

Anger as Harman suggests electoral role for ID database
By Ros Taylor, Guardian Unlimited, 11 May 2006

Bad for Blair may not be good for Brown
By Michael White, The Guardian, 28 April 2006

Back school reforms, Kelly urges

BBC News, 13 March 2006

Labour heavyweights video support for schools bill
By Alexandra Smith, The Guardian, 13 March 2006

My week: Oona King
By Oona King, The Observer, 5 March 2006

No answer yet to the Cameron Question

The Guardian, 9 February 2006

Blair and Brown discuss transfer of power 'but no date set'
By Julian Glover, The Guardian, 6 February 2006

The NHS needs localisation, not regulated privatisation
By Simon Jenkins, The Guardian, 14 December 2005

Party believes softly, softly approach is best strategy
By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 7 December 2005

Minister calls for new type of worker
Community Care, 20 October 2005

Tony's die-hards join the rebels
Evening Standard, 19 October 2005

May the best men win
The Guardian, 17 October 2005

Blair: Tories are copying Labour
By Ned Temko, The Observer, 16 October 2005

Blair attacks Labour’s ‘old left’
BBC News, 15 October 2005

Faith schools warned: open gates to all or be shut down
By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 15 October 2005

Leadership team prepares for battle with unions
By Michael White and Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 26 September 2005

Labour 'must stay in centre'
BBC News, 25 September 2005

Labour has learnt nothing from the shock of last May
By Rachel Sylvester, Telegraph.co.uk, 27 June 2005

Labour MPs call for swing back to left
By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 26 May 2005

Festering Blair-Brown split
By Tom Baldwin, The Times, 26 May 2005

Third-term tension reopens
By Tom Baldwin, The Times, 26 May 2005

Blair does mind the wealth gap
By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 24 March 2005

Parents wooed by jittery Blair

By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 21 March 2005

Choice has become a four letter word
By David Walker, The Guardian, 16 February 2005

No 10 plans closure of failing schools to boost most popular
By Andrew Grice, The Independent, 8 February 2005

Bad schools face closure in plan for more choice
By Phillip Webster, The Times, 8 February 2005

Popular schools must be allowed to expand
The Independent, 8 February 2005

Left speechless at the events
By Lisa Harker, Third Sector, 27 October 2004

Traditional Labour racist, says Hodge

By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 27 September 2004

Blair waits on the fence for US election result
By Andrew Grice, The Independent, 4 September 2004

We’ll be in power for decades
By George Pascoe Watson, The Sun, 29 July 2004

Labour could be in power for decades
By George Jones, The Telegraph, 29 July 2004

We could stay in power for decades, says loyalist
By Jane Merrick, The Daily Mirror, 29 July 2004

Browned Off
The Daily Mirror, 29 July 2004

We can drive a stake through Thatcherism
By Bob Roberts, The Daily Mirror, 29 July 2004

Fatal Boasts
The Sun, 29 July 2004

Blair claims Labour is more united than ever

By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 22 July 2004

Mandelson expected to be named as EU commissioner
By Andrew Grice, The Independent, 22 July 2004

Mandelson set for Brussels as Blair finalises reshuffle plans
By Michael White and Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 22 July 2004

Confident Prime Minister reveals plans for third term
By Helen Rumbelow, The Times, 22 July 2004

Ten years on, his party is sullen, the voters feel betrayed – and Blair is rejuvenated
By Andrew Grice, The Independent, 21 July 2004

PM wants third term - Milburn
The Journal, 15 July 2004

Decision time at the ballot box
By Robert Philpot, Guardian Letters, 10 June 2004

Voters turn against choice in public services

By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 21 March 2004

Picky punters
By David Walker, The Guardian, 17 March 2004

Coping with co-payments

The Guardian, 16 March 2004

Hoon denies saying Bush must go
By Tom Baldwin, The Times, 14 March 2004

Warning to Labour: don’t take a third general election victory for granted
By Donald Macintyre, The Independent, 12 February 2004

Blair focuses on domestic agenda

BBC News, 12 February 2004

Former MPs accused of undermining public trust
By Andrew Grice, The Independent, 12 February 2004

Dean’s bid for White House alarms Blair allies
By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 13 January 2004

Drive by Milburn to ensure Blairism outlives Blair
By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 16 December 2003

On the bias
By Ros Taylor, Guardian Unlimited, 21 October 2003

Politics
By John Kampfner, Newstatesman, 6 October 2003

Top thinktanks warn Labour
By Patrick Wintour, The Guardian, 15 September 2003

Hain urges new vision to prevent Tory revival
By Michael White, The Guardian, 6 September 2003

Brown and Blair at war over euro
By Anne Perkins, The Guardian, 27 July 2001

Don’t rule out a euro vote this term, says Labour’s chairman
By Andrew Grice, The Independent, 26 July 2001

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