26. Interview, Peter Hain
27. Interview, Murray Elder
28. Interviews, Brown inner circle
29. Conversation, Cabinet minister
30. Interview, Brown inner circle
31. Interviews, Brown inner circle
32. Interview, Sunder Katwala
33. Interview, John Kampfner
34. Interview, Peter Hain
35. The Times, 24 September 2007
36. Daily Mirror, 24 September 2007
37. The Sunday Edition, ITV1, 23 September 2007
38. Interview, Jack Straw
39. Gordon Brown, speech to Labour conference, Bournemouth, 24 September 2007
40. Gordon Brown, speech to Labour conference, Bournemouth, 24 September 2007
41. Interview, Brown aide
42. Gordon Brown, speech to Labour conference, Bournemouth, 24 September 2007
43. Interview, Jon Cruddas
44. ‘Brown’s winning ways will take some beating’, Daily Telegraph, 24 September 2007
45. Sun, 25 September 2007
46. Interview, Danny Finkelstein
47. Gordon Brown, speech to Labour conference, Bournemouth, 24 September 2007
48. Comment Central, www.timesonline.co.uk, 26 September 2007
49. Philip Webster and Sam Coates, ‘Gordon Brown and his rehash speech’, The Times, 27 September 2007
50. Interview, Brown inner circle
51. Interviews, Brown inner circle
52. Interview, Brown inner circle
53. Interview, Mariella Frostrup
54. Gordon Brown, remarks at conference Q & A, Bournemouth, 26 September 2007
55. World at One, BBC Radio 4, 26 September 2007
56. Interview, Cabinet minister
57. Interview, Cabinet minister
58. Interview, Hazel Blears
59. Interviews, Peter Hain and others
60. Interview, Jon Cruddas
61. Interview, Frank Field
62. Guardian, 27 September 2007
63. Interview, member of Number 10 Policy Unit
64. Interview, Cabinet minister
65. Interview, Cabinet minister
66. Labour, 41 per cent; Conservatives, 34 per cent; Lib Dems, 16 per cent. Best leader in a crisis? Brown, 60 per cent; Cameron, 13 per cent. Win election? Labour, 71 per cent; Conservatives, 12 per cent: Ipsos-MORI for the Observer, 30 September 2007
67. Conversation, member of Shadow Cabinet
68. Conversation, member of Shadow Cabinet
69. Conversation, member of Shadow Cabinet
70. About 6 per cent of estates, HM Treasury
71. Interview, Labour strategist
72. Interviews, Brown aides and Treasury officials
73. Interviews, Treasury officials
74. Interviews, Cabinet ministers and Treasury officials
75. Interviews, Labour officials
76. Interview, Cabinet minister
77. Gordon Brown, remarks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq, 2 October 2007
78. Today, BBC Radio 4, 2 October 2007
79. David Cameron, speech to Conservative conference, Blackpool, 4 October 2007
80. Interview, Hazel Blears
81. Labour, 40 per cent; Tories, 36 per cent; Lib Dems, 13 per cent: YouGov for Channel 4, 4 October 2007
82. Labour, 39 per cent; Tories, 36 per cent; Lib Dems, 14 per cent: Populus for The Times, 5 October 2007
83. Labour, 38 per cent; Tories, 38 per cent; Lib Dems, 16 per cent: ICM for the Guardian, 5 October 2007
84. Interview, Brown aide
85. Interview, Cabinet minister
86. Interview, Brown inner circle
87. Interviews, Brown inner circle
88. Interview, Brown inner circle
89. Interview, Cabinet minister
90. Interviews, Brown inner circle
91. Interviews, Brown inner circle
92. Conversation, Cabinet minister
93. Conversation, Cabinet minister
94. Interview, Jon Cruddas
95. Interviews, Vince Cable and Michael Gove
96. Conversations, Conservative officials
97. Interview, BBC executive
98. Interview, Number 10 official
99. Conversation, Cabinet minister
100. Conversation, Cabinet minister
101. Conversation, Cabinet minister
102. Conversation, member of Shadow Cabinet
103. Sunday Times, 7 October 2007
104. Interviews, Number 10 officials
105. Gordon Brown, news conference, Number 10, 8 October 2007
106. Interview, Michael Gove
107. Conversation, member of Shadow Cabinet
108. Interview, Vince Cable
109. Interview, Nick Brown
110. Interview, Peter Hain
111. Daily Telegraph, 8 October 2007
112. Ibid.
113. Today, BBC Radio 4, 8 October 2007
114. Gordon Brown, news conference, Number 10, 8 October 2007
115. Hansard, 10 October 2007
116. Interview, Treasury minister
117. Interview, Cabinet minister
118. Interview, Cabinet minister
119. Interview, Alistair Darling
120. Hansard, 9 October 2007
121. Interview, Irwin Stelzer
122. Interview, Jon Cruddas
123. Daily Telegraph, 10 October 2007
124. Interview, Alistair Darling
30. It Eats My Soul
1. Interview, Alistair Darling
2. Interviews, Number 10 officials
3. Interviews, Brown aides
4. Conversations, Cabinet ministers
5. Hansard, 20 November 2007
6. Daily Mail, 21 November 2007
7. Daily Mirror, 21 November 2007
8. Interview, Jack Straw
9. Lords Hansard, 22 November 2007
10. Conversation, member of Shadow Cabinet
11. Interview, Jack Straw
12. Jonathan Oliver, ‘Labour’s third largest donor’, Mail on Sunday, 25 November 2007
13. Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
14. Michael White and Martin Wainwright, ‘Labour in turmoil’, Guardian, 27 November 2007
15. David Abrahams, ‘All done in good faith’, Guardian, 1 December 2007
16. Conversation, minister
17. Gordon Brown, Number 10 news conference, 27 November 2007
18. Interviews, Labour officials
19. Gordon Brown, Number 10 news conference, 27 November 2007
20. Patrick Wintour, ‘Brown left exposed by donor row’, Guardian, 29 November 2007
21. Ibid.
22. Gordon Brown, Number 10 news conference, 27 November 2007
23. Isabel Oakeshott, ‘Brutal Brown sacrificed party chief’, Sunday Times, 10 May 2009
24. Report by the Standards and Privileges Committee, 22 January 2009
25. Patrick Wintour and Michael White, ‘Secret funder’, Guardian, 1 December 2007
26. Conversation, Cabinet minister
27. Interview, Number 10 official
28. Interview, Matthew Taylor
29. Interview, Brown aide
30. Interviews, Brown inner circle
31. Interviews, Number 10 officials
32. Interview, civil servant
33. Interview, Brown inner circle
34. Interview, civil servant
35. Interview, civil servant
36. Interviews, Sue Cameron and civil servants
37. Interviews, civil servants
38. Interviews, civil servants
39. Private information
40. Hansard, 10 October 2007
41. Interviews, Number 10 officials
42. Conversations, Cabinet ministers
43. Interview, Murray Elder
44. Private interview
45. Conversation, Cabinet minister
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46. Interview, Jacqui Smith
47. Interview, Matthew Taylor
48. Interview, Jack Straw
49. Today, BBC Radio 4, 30 April 2008
50. Interview, Number 10 official
51. Interview, Jack Straw
52. Interview, Jon Cruddas
53. Interview, senior civil servant
54. Interview, Geoff Hoon
55. Conversation, Number 10 official
56. Interview Irwin Stelzer
57. Interview, Alistair Darling
58. Interview, Harriet Harman
59. Interview, Murray Elder
60. Interview, Jack Straw
61. Interview, Sue Cameron
62. Interview, Number 10 official
63. Interview, civil servant
64. Interview, Cabinet minister
65. Interview, Murray Elder
66. Conversation, Cabinet minister
67. Interview, Vince Cable
68. Conversation, adviser to Cabinet minister
69. Interviews, civil servants
70. Interviews, civil servants
71. Conversation, Cabinet minister
72. Interview, civil servant
73. Interview, Matthew Taylor
74. Interview, John Kampfner
75. Interview, Sue Cameron
76. Conversations, Brown inner circle
77. Interview, minister
78. Conversation, Cabinet minister
79. Interview, Phil Collins
80. Interview, Brown aide
81. Interview, minister
82. Interview, Vince Cable
83. Hansard, 28 November 2007
84. Interview, Hazel Blears
85. Interview, Jack Straw
86. Interview, Vince Cable
87. Interview, Murray Elder
31. The Penny Drops
1. Interview, Nick Brown
2. Interview, Jon Cruddas
3. See Chapter 28
4. Interviews, Treasury officials
5. Conversations, ministers and Treasury officials
6. Interview, Irwin Stelzer
7. Interview, John McFall
8. Interviews, civil servants
9. Interview, senior civil servant
10. Daily Mail, 16 January 2008
11. Interview, Jack Straw
12. Interview, Alistair Darling
13. Interviews, Treasury officials
14. Interview, Treasury official
15. Interview, Alistair Darling
16. Interview, Alistair Darling
17. Interviews, Cabinet minister and Treasury officials
18. Darling, news conference, HM Treasury, London, 17 February 2008
19. Interview, senior Treasury official
20. Interviews, Treasury officials
21. Interview, Alistair Darling
22. Interview, Ken Purchase
23. Interviews, ministers
24. Interview, Treasury official
25. Interview, Alistair Darling
26. Halifax Index, 8 April 2008
27. Interview, Bank of England official
28. Hansard, 12 March 2008
29. Interview, John McFall
30. Interview, Labour strategist
31. Interview, Brown aide
32. See Chapter 26
33. Interview, Alistair Darling
34. Interview, Cabinet minister
35. Interviews, Labour MPs
36. Interview, minister
37. Interviews, Labour MPs
38. Report on the Budget, Treasury select committee, 7 April 2008
39. Interviews, Labour MPs
40. Interviews, Labour MPs
41. Interview, Nick Brown
42. Interview, Brown aide
43. Conversation, Cabinet minister
44. Polly Toynbee, ‘This buffeted prime minister must stop scrambling at every puff of wind’, Guardian, 11 April 2008
45. CBS News, 15 April 2008, cited on Nick Robinson’s Newslog, BBC, 16 April 2008
46. Good Morning America, ABC, 16 April 2008
47. Anne McElvoy, ‘Brown was put on earth …’, Evening Standard, 17 April 2008
48. Interview, Mariella Frostrup
49. Interview, Vince Cable
50. Interview, Kathy Lette
51. Interview, Alistair Darling
52. Interview, Shami Chakrabati
53. New Woman, June 2006
54. GQ, October 2006
55. Interview, Matthew Taylor
56. Interviews, Brown aides
57. Conversation, minister
58. Interview, Jon Cruddas
59. BBC News, 20 April 2008
60. Interviews, Number 10 officials
61. Philip Webster, Sam Coates and Greg Hurst, ‘I share your pain’, The Times, 22 April 2008
62. Conversations, Labour MPs
63. Conversation, Cabinet minister; the Poll Tax was a major cause of the fall of Margaret Thatcher in 1990
64. Interviews, Labour MPs; Patrick Wintour and Nicholas Watt, ‘You’re dragging us to the edge’, Guardian, 22 April 2008
65. Interviews, Cabinet ministers
66. Interview, Frank Field
67. Hansard, 23 April 2008
68. Conversations, Cabinet ministers
69. Hansard, 23 April 2008
70. The Ten O’Clock News, BBC1, 23 April 2008
71. Daily Mail, 24 April 2008
72. The Times, 24 April 2008
73. Interview, Peter Hain
74. Interview, Ken Livingstone
75. Conversation, Cabinet minister
76. Interview, Ken Livingstone
77. Interview, Nick Brown
78. Philip Webster, ‘Brown bloodied in May Day massacre’, The Times, 3 May 2008
79. Doing bad job as Prime Minister, 75 per cent; good job, 20 per cent: PHI 5000, www.politicshome.com, 11 May 2008
80. Interview, Brown aide
32. An Enemy in Need
1. ITV News, 27 March 2008
2. Interview, Irwin Stelzer
3. Interview, Kathy Lette
4. Interview, Alan West
5. Interview, Brown aide
6. Gordon Brown, ‘On Liberty’, speech at University of Westminster, London, 29 October 2007
7. Conversation, minister
8. Interview, Number 10 official
9. Interview, Brown aide
10. Interview, Brown aide
11. Interviews, Brown aides
12. Interview, Matthew Taylor
13. Interview, Murray Elder
14. Interviews, senior civil servants
15. Interviews, Number 10 officials
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