Over at his WSJ blog, Iain Martin reckons that Baroness Vadera’s resignation might be an indication that Gordon Brown is considering standing down. Martin writes:
‘Throughout his troubled premiership I have been of the view that Gordon Brown will fight the looming general election. If he ducks out then history will surely judge him accordingly as a PM who was feart to face the voters, having called off the election in 2007 after turning his move to Number 10 into a coronation with no other candidates.
But the resignation of Baroness Vadera makes me wonder if that view holds. Perhaps he really is considering standing down.
Of course, there are several possible scenarios behind her departure:
1) She simply felt she had done her bit and heard the call of the private sector. Wanting something to do while she waited for the civil service imposed purdah she must endure before taking a job outside government, she somehow wangled a non-paid post with the G20.
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