Brown suffers after minister resigns

A JUNIOR minister resigned from Gordon Brown’s government yesterday in the highest-profile revolt against the prime minister’s leadership so far. David Cairns was a minister in the Scotland Office.

Two MPs have already been sacked from government jobs for expressing dissatisfaction with Brown’s leadership, and a third quit after saying he should be challenged.

“The Prime Minister has accepted David Cairns’ resignation. The exercise of government demands collective responsibility,” Brown’s office said in a statement.