“I think it suggests he’s not talking about a couple of weeks”

As the New Statesman noted as far back as November 2004, it has long been suggested that Education Secretary, Alan Johnson, was being groomed as the preferred Anybody But Gordon candidate, something our own Secretary of State [and declared candidate for Deputy Leader- Ed] is said to have noticed.. so it’s interesting to see the same Alan Johnson suggesting that Tony Blair might, after all, stick around as PM for longer than some may have wanted.. as David Milliband, on Newsnight, did as well.. going through the months to June, though not beyond, as suggested end dates for the Blair leadership.

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