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David Miliband today hinted he almost resigned from the Cabinet to oust Gordon Brown.
Asked if he had flirted with quitting after James Purnell left, he said: “Flirtation is dangerous for married men, I'm not going to get into that.”
He defended his decision to stay in the Cabinet, a move that infuriated Mr Brown's critics, saying: “I felt we had a responsibility to work inside government for its renewal. I've always believed that the right thing to do was to remain in the Cabinet.”
The Foreign Secretary spoke for the first time on BBC radio after the leadership crisis ended with backbench rebels angrily accusing Cabinet ministers of defending the Prime Minister too hastily.
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"I've always believed that the right thing to do was to remain in the Cabinet" - Of course he does, that's where the gravy train is. Can't walk out on a Cabinet Ministers salary & go to the back benches just because of a "principle".
Milliband and Johnson have just confirmed to the electorate that (like Gordon Brown) neither of them are up to the job of PM either
- Malcolm, London, 09/06/2009 13:56
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Another devious parasite.
He is in excellent company - Gormless Brown, Jackboot Staw, Blunkett and Prescott.
- Reuben Camara, Morecambe, Lancaster, 09/06/2009 12:26
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