'I Worried Standing Down Might Damage the Party ... But I Don't Think It Has' ; Hull West and Hessle Mp Alan Johnson Talks to the Mail's Parliamentary Correspondent Caroline Wheeler About His New Life On the Backbenches

Hull Daily Mail › April 07, 2011

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ADJUSTING: Alan Johnson sensationally resigned in January for "personal reasons".

HE worried that his resignation as shadow chancellor earlier this year would harm the party.

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'I Worried Standing Down Might Damage the Party ... But I Don't Think It Has' ; Hull West and Hessle Mp Alan Johnson Talks to the Mail's Parliamentary Correspondent Caroline Wheeler About His New Life On the Backbenches

But almost three months on from his shock decision to stand down, Alan Johnson is content no harm was done - as has praised his successor Ed Balls for continuing the fight-back against the coalition cuts.

In an exclusive interview with the Mail, the Hull West and Hessle MP sai...

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