Archive for james purnell
Fight to succeed James Purnell turns nasty
Tameside Eye has the story about the fight to win the Labour selection in Stalybridge & Hyde, where James Purnell is standing down. It has both its serious and its farcical elements.
The serious: a series of anonymous emails have been sent out making a wide number of personal attacks on Cllr Jonny Reynolds, one of [...]
Move over James Purnell, there’s a new photoshopping king in town
First, a recap from 2007 for new readers:
You may recall the story of James Purnell and the photoshopping incident - an NHS Trust faked a photo featuring him, the Trust and he then gave differing accounts of how it happened, he then bombed out in a rather funny TV piece trying to defend his line that he didn’t know [...]
James Purnell quits and tells Gordon Brown his time is up
From The Guardian:
James Purnell, the work and pensions secretary, tonight dealt a monumental blow to Gordon Brown’s chances of holding onto office when he dramatically announced he was quitting the cabinet and asking Brown “to stand aside to give Labour a fighting chance of winning the next election”.
His statement, effectively declaring Brown as unelectable, will [...]
James Purnell accused of abusing expenses rules
An ironic twist in the latest MP expenses story - this time is it James Purnell, the minister in charge of ensuring that the rest of us don’t claim too much in expenses, who is accused of claiming back more in rental costs than he actually paid out. The Sunday Express writes:
CABINET Minister James Purnell [...]
James Purnell
I would just like to make clear that, unlike Labour Minister James Purnell, I did turn up on time for the hospital photoshoot:
