Reply #2: I'm wondering if it's Torygraph mischief myself [View All]

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But I'll post it anyways just as the speculation about whether Gordon Brown will withdraw troops from Iraq gets posted as I think it's worth a butcher's.

And yes, I did know that Cruddas was not planning on becoming DPM if elected, but that's only because I've been taking the time to try and read labour blogs of late to get an inkling of what that lot are thinking. Many of them are pro-Cruddas although I'm not sure that the good press he gets in some parts of the blogosphere is reflected in real life.

But all the same, I think that most people are expecting the person elected by Labour members to become DPM and it would not look good for Gordon Brown to be seen to be overruling that decision made by Labour members.