WILL SHE WON’T SHE?

Double H (as apposed to triple H the wrestler) has done a u-turn again, Harman: 'I don't want to be PM' Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman has denied a report she would fight for the party leadership, as speculation grows over Gordon Brown's position.

But she insisted the story was "simply not true" and under "no circumstances" would she be a candidate.

She told the BBC's Today programme: "I don't want to be prime minister and I don't want to be leader of the party."

The Telegraph said Ms Harman told friends she would stand if backbenchers tried to force the PM from office.

However, friends have told The Daily Telegraph that Miss Harman will not stand aside in favour of a rival considered more appealing to voters. She believes she has as much chance as anyone of winning a leadership contest – particularly given her proven track record in party elections.

Her refusal to be pushed aside means that if Mr Brown does stand down or is forced from office, Labour would face a potentially bruising and lengthy leadership contest in the run-up to the general election, which must take place in just over a year's time.

Most MPs agree that such a battle would be electoral suicide at a time when the public expects the Government to focus fully on tackling the recession.

You can make your own minds up, but to be honest does it really matter who is in charge of the Labour Party, because the odds are that they will not be in power after the next general election.

And to be really honest: who cares?


“Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it. They may be distressed in the midst of all their power; but they will never look to anything but power for their relief.” Edmund Burke


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