Old Hands and Young Turks: The Contenders for Pm's Crown

Evening Standard - London › July 28, 2008

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JACK STRAW Justice Secretary Shrewd, experienced and pragmatic, Straw is uniquely qualified to deliver bad news to Gordon Brown.

MPs universally name him as the leader of any delegation to tell the PM his time is up. At 61, he has four decades of high-level politics under his belt, and has held three great offices of state: Home, Foreign and Lord Chancellor. Some call him the Real Deputy Prime Minister.

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Old Hands and Young Turks: The Contenders for Pm's Crown

Handled the transition from Blair to Brown brilliantly, emerging stronger. In recent months he is said to have become frustrated with Brown. The prize for wielding the knife might be to become caretaker premier or a heavyweight Deputy PM. If he dithers, he ...

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