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The Independent calls it another dark day for Gordon Brown, for me, these days this seems to be the norm. Whilst its rather warm outside and the sun is shining, back at No 10 it will be another dark day.

What’s gone wrong today. According to the Independent

Gordon Brown suffered a wounding double blow to his authority as he abandoned moves to sell a stake in Royal Mail and was defeated by Labour rebels over plans to clean up the Commons after the expenses scandal.

The fresh setbacks came after he endured bruising clashes with David Cameron over spending plans and faced ridicule from Tory MPs after he spoke of a “zero per cent rise” in budgets.

The retreat over part-privatisation of the Royal Mail was blamed by Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, on the struggle to attract buyers in the recession. But the opposition parties claimed the climbdown had been forced by the growing opposition to the sale among Labour MPs and trade unions.

It came a day after Alan Johnson, the new Home Secretary, watered down the Government’s plans for identity cards and a fortnight after Mr Brown performed a U-turn over holding the Iraq war inquiry in public.

So what would have been a disastrous day for any other Prime Minister has, for our worst ever Prime Minister, just become yet another dark day on the ever darkening path he is leading our country on towards utter bankruptcy.

As a matter of interest former Cabinet ministers John Reid and Margaret Beckett were among 25 Labour backbenchers to rebel against the Government tonight.

Another dark day for Gordon Brown – UK Politics, UK – The Independent.