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Monday, March 22, 2010 2:56 PM

James Purnell

Type: Person

Name: James Purnell

Title: Politician

Organization: The Labour Party (United Kingdom)

Date of Birth: 1970-03-02

Place of Birth: London

Nationality: United Kingdom

Fact Sheet: Biography for James Purnell

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

Fight to Lose

Events moved quickly yesterday after I posted about Stalybridge and Hyde, outgoing MP James Purnell demanding a mates rate to get former aide Johnny Reynolds on the shortlist for the safe Labour seat.It's getting very silly when Unite-backed Purnell threatened ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by Mirror.co.uk]

Entities: James Purnell, The Labour Party (United Kingdom), John Cryer, Turnip, Derek Simpson

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

James Purnell

Exclusive: Mandelson’s favourite to be parachuted into Stoke Central?

We had some coverage earlier in the week over the Labour internal battles to fill various candidacies for the election. Most striking was Lord Mandelson’s intervention to restore James Purnell’s chosen successor for Stalybridge and Hyde, his former ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by FT.com - Westminster Blog]

Entities: James Purnell

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

NEC Corp

Row over shortlist for Labour seat

A new front in Labours bitter internal battles over Parliamentary selections was opened last night when a veteran MP attacked interference from both trade unions and Downing Street in the choice of his successor.Peter Kilfoyle claimed there had been a ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Times Online]

Entities: Charlie Whelan, Peter Kilfoyle, The Labour Party (United Kingdom), James Purnell, NEC Corp

First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents

Michael Gove

Michael White: there's less to this than it seems

Out-of-control trade unions are no longer the problem in modern Britain; out-of-control capitalists are The first thing to be said when confronted with comically sinister photos of Charlie Whelan in all the newspapers is that out-of-control trade unions ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by Observer]

Entities: Charlie Whelan, Michael White, Michael Gove, The Labour Party (United Kingdom)

First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 2 Documents

The Conservative Party (United Kingdom)

The Tories’ Unite strategy is paying unimagined dividends

The Tories Unite strategy has been so effective, even Peter Mandelson is peddling it. Led by Mandelson, Labour’s isolated right has questioned Unite’s influence over candidate selection. James Purnell’s preferred successor, Jonny Reynolds, was omitted ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by Spectator]

Entities: The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Peter Mandelson, Dividend, James Purnell, Glyn Ford

First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents

Blairites vs Unite - Further Reading

Mea culpa. I missed the most interesting angle on the Stalybridge and Hyde selection yesterday; the exclusion of James Purnell’s anointed successor, Johnny Reynolds. He is now back on the shortlist after an intervention by both Purnell and Lord Mandelson. Mandelson’s ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by FT.com - Westminster Blog]

Entities: James Purnell, Tom Watson

First Reported Mar 17 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 1 Documents

The Labour Party (United Kingdom)

Powerbrokers fight for party heart

Lord Mandelson led a new Labour fightback last night against the influence of Britains biggest trade union over the coming election campaign and the future direction of the party.The spark that ignited warfare yesterday was over a relatively minor matter: ... [Published Mar 17 2010 by Times Online]

Entities: Charlie Whelan, The Labour Party (United Kingdom), James Purnell, Peter Mandelson

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 17 2010 - 2 Documents

When shall we three meet again? Mandelson, Whelan and Purnell

Charlie Whelan Tribal, aggressive and foul-mouthed, “Charlie” has been taking off a cartoon villain for two decades. From briefing the decision to stay out of the euro from a Westminster pub, to setting up a “snatched” newspaper photograph of Gordon Brown’s ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by Times Online]

Entities: Charlie Whelan, Peter Mandelson, Gordon Brown, James Purnell

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

Can Brown do a Truman and win poll?

COULD Prime Minister Gordon Brown become the Harry Truman of British politics? Brown and his Labour Party were written off as sure losers in this year's election, likely to be on May 6. David Cameron, the young, energetic and empathetic Conservative Party ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by The Australian]

Entities: Gordon Brown, Harry S Truman, David Cameron

First Reported Mar 16 2010 - Updated Mar 16 2010 - 1 Documents

Former minister on shortlist for James Purnell’s seat

I’m told that Barbara Roche, a former Labour minister, is on the shortlist for Stalybridge & Hyde which has only just been decided. Of course she’s not guaranteed to win the nomination, but is likely to be the favourite. Roche first became an MP in 1992 ... [Published Mar 16 2010 by FT.com - Westminster Blog]

Entities: James Purnell, Barbara Roche

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 2 Documents

Labour Manual

LONDON -- Could Prime Minister Gordon Brown become the Harry Truman of British politics?For many long months, Brown and his Labor Party were written off as sure losers in this year's election, likely to be called for May 6. David Cameron, the young, energetic ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by The New Republic Online]

Entities: Gordon Brown, David Cameron, The Conservative Party (United Kingdom), Harry S Truman, The Labour Party (United Kingdom)

First Reported Mar 10 2010 - Updated Mar 10 2010 - 3 Documents

Stalybridge and Hyde - interesting developments

Word reaches me that a young Whitehall Special Advisor Torsten Henricson-Bell is spending a lot of time in the relatively safe Labour seat that James Purnell is vacating.Were uber-Blairite Purnell, who resigned from the cabinet in protest at Gordon Brown's ... [Published Mar 10 2010 by BBC]

Entities: James Purnell, The Labour Party (United Kingdom), Ed Balls

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Blogs

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Exclusive: Mandelson’s favourite to be parachut... [FT.com - Westminster Blog - Mar 19 2010] We had some coverage earlier in the week over the Labour internal battles to fill various candidacies for the election. Most striking was Lord Mandelson’s intervention ...
The Tories’ Unite strategy is paying ... [The Coffee House \| Politics and News Discussion ... - Mar 17 2010]
Blairites vs Unite - Further Reading [FT.com - Westminster Blog - Mar 17 2010] Mea culpa. I missed the most interesting angle on the Stalybridge and Hyde selection yesterday; the exclusion of James Purnell’s anointed successor, Johnny Reynolds. ...
Charlie Whelan and Unite: less to it than it se... [Politics: Politics blog \| guardian.co.uk - Mar 17 2010] Out-of-control trade unions are no longer the problem in modern Britain; out-of-control capitalists areThe first thing to be said when confronted with comically ...
Conservative party represents Blairism at its b... [Politics: Politics blog \| guardian.co.uk - Mar 16 2010] Shadow schools secretary embraces Tony Blair in order to attack Gordon BrownWith New Labour somewhat out of fashion, it's not often these days you get MPs making ...