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Labour whip quits after calling for leadership contest

By | Fri 12th September 2008 - 5:30 pm

From the BBC:

A junior member of the government is out of a job after breaking ranks to call for a challenge to Gordon Brown as party leader.

Government whip Siobhain McDonagh said she wanted to “clear the air” about the leadership issue.

A government spokesman said that if Ms McDonagh has not resigned then she will be sacked. The source said her replacement had already been appointed.

The source said Ms McDonagh had always been “Anti-Gordon”.

Ms McDonagh – who was the only member of the government not to nominate Mr Brown for the party leadership last year – said she wanted a debate about the future of the party.

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