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Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the UK Commentary: Gordon Brown as Machiavelli

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One of the more eye-catching appointments in Gordon Brown's new Junta was that of David Milliband to be Foreign Secretary. This may well come to be seen as the most Machiavellian move in his clearing out of Blair's Augean Stables. Milliband has instantly been promoted to be Heir Apparent, but as he is seen as a dedicated Blairite by the Brown Militia, is also seen as someone to be stymied in his advancement. In those circumstances, what better place to put him than the Foreign Office? Here he has no domestic money to spend with which he can curry favour with individual constituency MPs and...

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