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Hmm, does this mean Labour MP Denis MacShane thought Robin Cook's resignation was a "stunt" too then?
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Probably, since MacShane is from the right-wing/neocon wing of the Labour Party and a strong supporter of invading Iraq. He's politically closer to a lot of Davis' colleagues (people like Michael Gove*) than Davis is, let alone the late Mr. Cook. It's important to realise that this is as much about splits in the Tory Party as it's about 42 days. Obviously the Labour Party is even more split. It's not, fundamentally, a party political issue.
* They're both IIRC signatories of the Henry Jackson Society, which is an organisation with strongly neocon views who'd be well up for 42 days, 90 days or quite possibly 'forever'. Signatories include the hard right of both main parties plus journalists and indeed Sir Richard Dearlove, former head of MI6.
http://www.henryjacksonsociety.org/s....asp?pageid=36