http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8084290.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/04/gordon-brown-purnell-polly-toynbee

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/get-gordon-the-backbench-rebels-with-a-single-cause-1697309.html

http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13768362&source=features_box3

a tragic hero he is not, but when did the captain ever let the first mate take the wheel of a sinking ship? and for good reason.