Four Ministers Planned Weeklong Resignations: How Cabinet Blairites Plotted to Topple Brown

As the UK government stumbles toward its inevitable failure, new reports detail how Hazel Blears, James Purnell, John Hutton and Caroline Flint “were part of a group of Blairites that met secretly for months and tried to co-ordinate last week’s resignations.” Business Secretary Lord Mandelson delayed the coup with an email, but only just.