DARLING DISCLOSURE REVEALS DYSFUNCTION IN DOWNING STREET

DARLING DISCLOSURE REVEALS DYSFUNCTION IN DOWNING STREET

PRIME MINISTER MUST PUT HIS HOUSE IN ORDER

BROWN URGED TO CALL ELECTION AND LET PEOPLE DECIDE

SNP MP and Westminster campaign co-ordinator, Stewart Hosie, said continuing revelations over strained relations within Downing Street were symptomatic of the dysfunction at the heart of the Labour Government.

Amid continuing allegations of bullying and suggestions at the weekend that Jack Straw – one of the most senior figures in Brown’s Government – plotted against him, Chancellor Alistair Darling has now claimed that “the forces of hell” were unleashed against him over his assessment of the recession by Gordon Brown’s advisors.

Commenting, Mr Hosie said:

“These revelations are symptomatic of dysfunction at the very heart of the UK Government.

“While they should have been fighting for the UK economy, the highest levels of the Labour Party were fighting each other.

“It is inconceivable that Gordon Brown did not know what was going on. The Prime Minister needs to put his house in order and investigate the Chancellor’s claims without delay.

“If he doesn’t already know, he should find out exactly what his advisors were saying – and who told them to say it.

“With a Prime Minister living on borrowed time, and with Cabinet Members speaking out against him, this Government has lost its last shred of credibility.

“It is time for the public to have its say. Gordon Brown must get on with it, call the election and allow voters to decide whether they want a Government obsessed with itself or SNP MPs committed to working hard for local communities.”