Wavertree MP Jane Kennedy and her "mafia boss" Gordon (Godfather) Brown
What fate awaits Wavertree MP Jane Kennedy after she broke the omerta (code of silence) about the way Prime Minister Gordon Brown operates?
Mrs Kennedy was just one of a number of women who agreed that Gordon Brown behaved like a "mafia boss" who might not pull the trigger but knows who is getting bumped off.
She was forced out of government (as an environment minister) after the European elections in June after refusing to sign up to a loyalty oath to the PM.
So does the Gordfather have anything else that he can hit her with? Could a horse's head be on its way to the Labour office in Kensington? (joke)
This is what she said: "Personally he's very warm, charming and friendly.
"But when dealing with his politics he engages with a darker side of himself and he believes the end justifies the means."
Ms Kennedy agreed with suggestions the PM behaved like a
She added: "He has, and always has had, a group of people around him engaged in undermining Labour people.
"We want our politics to be about policy and not personalities, but unfortunately we have it constantly thrust in our face.
"The way in which people are undermined is usually very personal. It's a very personal attack and it's very distasteful."
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