Smith Suffers Another Blow with Palace Snub ; the Londoner's

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AT THE G20 royal reception at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday evening only six Labour politicians were invited by the Queen to rub shoulders with Barack Obama and other foreign leaders.

Who were the lucky six? Three who made the cut were obvious choices -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Chancellor Alistair Darling and Business Secretary Peter Mandelson -- but the other three invitees have caused much consternation, and not a little mirth, in Whitehall and Westminster.

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Smith Suffers Another Blow with Palace Snub ; the Londoner's

Step forward David Miliband, Ed Miliband and James Purnell. The ...

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