One-third of Cabinet now believe Brown’s days are numbered
As they survey the wreckage of Labour's Glasgow East by-election disaster, their candidate in the Labur stronghold beaten into second place by the SNP, Cabinet ministers believe the chances of a
putsch against Gordon Brown are increasing. According to one estimate this morning, one-third of the Cabinet think his days… [continued] THE MOLE: GLASGOW EAST DEFEAT
Newsdesk: Glasgow East result 
Opinion Digest: First media reaction
Phillip Blond on the winning formula for the next election
Ministers cling to bizarre hopes on day of crucial by-election
Labour MPs were holding their breath this morning as voters went to the polls in the Glasgow East by-election. Their private polling tells them that the party should scrape home by between 1,000 and
3,000 votes in the formerly rock-solid seat - the majority at… [continued] THE MOLE: GLASGOW EAST
Phillip Blond: a winning formula for the next election
Opnion Digest: Mary Riddell on why Brown's Knesset speech outshines Obama's oration
Sceptical MPs will believe Brown’s troop cuts when they happen
Fresh from his successful visit to the Middle East, Gordon Brown made his long-awaited Iraq statement in the House of Commons today. He held out the prospect of the bulk of British
troops being pulled out of Iraq next year, promising a "fundamental change of mission" for the soldiers holed… [continued] THE MOLE: IRAQ STATEMENT
People: Gordon Brown's dinner guests revealed
Brown flies home for summer party - but who’s in a party mood?
Following his speech to the Knesset, Gordon Brown flies back from Jerusalem to host a summer party this evening for Labour MPs at Number 10. Normally, it would be an easy-going drinks party which would give the PM the opportunity to share a few jokes over the Sauvignon with the… [continued] THE MOLE: PM UNDER SIEGE
Brown flies to Middle East on the eve of a big week in Westminster
At the start of the most crucial week of his term of office, Gordon Brown is paying a flying visit to the Middle East this weekend before making a statement to the Commons on the long-term reduction of British troops from Iraq. No matter how the… [continued] THE MOLE: IRAQ
Brown rejects US-style scrutiny of the intelligence services
Gordon Brown has quietly dumped his promises to make scrutiny of the intelligence services more independent. When he first moved into Number Ten, the Prime Minister made a big play of his plans to let Tony Blair's poodle - the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC)… [continued] THE MOLE: SPY BUSINESS
Darling in charge for August, but there’s Glasgow East to come first
Alistair Darling is going to take on the old John Prescott role from the end of next week, as duty minister for August. When he was Blair's deputy PM, Prezza made the role his own, and usually kept the press entertained with gaffes, such as… [continued] THE MOLE: SUMMER RECESS
Brown rejects the chance to pull out of Iraq and save his skin
Rising hopes among Labour MPs that Gordon Brown would snatch his leadership from the fire next week by announcing a pull-out of British troops from Iraq have turned to dust like everything else he touches at the moment. There had been expectations in some quarters that… [continued] THE MOLE: IRAQ
Teenagers rip into the PM’s manifesto on knife crime
Even Gordon Brown's crackdown on knife crime has started to unravel. He sounded lame at the press conference in Downing Street as he suffered the indignity of having to stand there while the reporter from BBC Newsbeat read out text messages from young listeners saying he didn't… [continued] THE MOLE: PM UNDER SIEGE
Watch Cameron’s face as DD starts life as a freelance
The newly elected MP for Haltemprice and Howden, David Davis, will be introduced to the Commons next week, following his by-election victory yesterday with a majority of 15,355. But all eyes are likely to be on David Cameron's face. Davis surprised Cameron by pulling off his… [continued] THE MOLE: DAVID DAVIS VICTORY
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