Brown for the axe, says MP

BRITISH prime minister Tony Blair will sack Gordon Brown as chancellor of the exchequer if he wins the next general election, senior Labour MP Gerald Kaufman claimed yesterday.

Kaufman said there would “obviously” be a reshuffle after the election, which the prime minister would use to install a new occupant in No 11 Downing Street.

In an interview with the ePolitix.com political website, Kaufman said: “Gordon Brown is an excellent chancellor but he’s been there eight years, a very long time to be in that job.”