A bad day for Dougie

Oh dear. It looks like wee Dougie Alexander is in trouble again.

Less than a month after he (along with Balls and Miliband the Even Younger) was fingered for Chickengate, the Gould report highlights a "notable level of party self-interest in Ministerial decision making" which contributed to the disenfranchising of thousands of Scottish voters. As head of the Scotland Office at the time, Dougie's smack bang in the frame for this one.

Cameron's demand that Alexander be removed from ministerial office and his head be stuck on a pike before he knackers the International Development brief as well engendered some unseemly spluttering from Brown during PMQs. The Gord's contention that the whole fiasco wasn't really the fault of the comrades was given the shortest of shrifts by the Opposition and even the truly heroic efforts of Ian Austin to distract attention didn't help.

In spite of calls for his resignation, it's unlikely that the Gord will follow through with this and risk looking like he's capitulated to Cameron's demands.

However, Dougie is still in charge of the Labour Party's general election strategy, so whether he manages to hold down that one remains to be seen.

Written by Lloyd Shepherd on 24 Oct 2007 2:26 PM. Permalink