30-Jun-2008
Story Timeline: 105 days
With Wendy Alexander's resignation, a looming byelection and the SNP riding high in the polls, things aren't looking good for the party I know what you're going to say: " I told you so." I can hear the cry from here. Wendy Alexander forced to resign as Labour's leader in Scotland over the donations row, and a very tricky byelection in Glasgow East caused by David Marshall's ill health. Happy anniversary, Gordon! Could it get much worse for the prime minister? Of course, it could. In the words of the old song, things can always get worse. They can get better too, but I sense it is the mood of the meeting not to dwell on them today. And, after all, they got better economically for John Major after 1993, but it didn't save him. We're too far away down here in the south to get a clear focus on why Alexander went. Her mates say...
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