onn will play for its second title in four years Monday against Kentucky or Wisconsin.The Huskies were the last team to beat the Gators (36-3), 65-64 back on Dec. 2.Florida came in as the tournament's top overall seed. Patric Young had 19 points and Casey Prather added 15 for the Gators, but Scottie Wilbekin was held to four points with three turnovers. 2597952
14 View comments The feuding in Labour’s high command intensified last night after Harriet Harman and Ed Balls were caught plotting against Ed Miliband’s embattled elections chief.Party deputy Ms Harman and the Shadow Chancellor discussed criticism of Douglas Alexander in a close huddle outside Mr Balls’s Commons office on Wednesday.According to a reliable eyewitness, Ms Harman said to Mr Balls: ‘The trouble with Douglas is that he just isn’t engaged at the moment.’ Mr Balls reportedly nodded in reply. Plot: Ed Balls and Harriet Harman were caught plotting against Ed Miliband’s embattled elections chief Feud: The feuding in the Labour party has intensified after Harman and Balls were caught plotting Asked last night whether Ms Harman had called Mr Alexander ‘not engaged’, her spokeswoman replied: ‘We are not responding to this.’The comment is the latest evidence of the bitter rift in Mr Miliband’s Shadow Cabinet that threatens to wreck his General Election strategy.Mr Alexander is accused of blocking bids to persuade Mr Miliband to adopt radical new policies. He believes Labour should ‘play safe’ and rely on UKIP to split the Tory vote. More... Sack her! 80% of the public want PM to axe shamed Maria Miller as Culture Secretary over her expenses dodge The Tory Minister, a vicious feud and the gay sex party... paid for by you: Westminster braced for new sleaze scandal as Speaker plans emergency talks to defuse crisis Labour plans a ban on MPs' second jobs which can double their salaries But a growing number of critics say the economic revival means Labour must do more to oust David Cameron. Mr Alexander, Labour’s foreign affairs spokesman, has been the subject of an increasingly hostile campaign by Labour foes.The row has united Ms Harman and Mr Balls, the most senior members of Mr Miliband’s team. Ms Harman has complained privately that Mr Alexander ‘is keeping me out’ of vital discussions on Labour tactics. Unpopular: According to a reliable eyewitness, Ms Harman said to Mr Balls: 'The trouble with Douglas is that he just isn't engaged at the moment.' And Mr Balls and Mr Alexander loathe each other: as The Mail on Sunday reported earlier this year,Nike Free 4.0 V2 Womens, they have come close to blows and had to be physically dragged apart by Tessa Jowell. The schism has led to the worst Labour infighting since Mr Miliband beat older brother David to become leader in 2010. And it has reignited personal squabbles that go back to the Blair-Brown era.Critics of Mr Alexander accuse him of being ‘absurdly cautious’ and a ‘control freak’. They blame his allies for the disclosure that Barack Obama election guru Arnie Graf, brought over from the US to advise Mr Miliband, did not have a work permit. Mr Alexander’s camp reject the claims. The Mail on Sunday revealed last week how Labour strategy chief Michael Dugher threatened to resign,Nike Free Run 2 Kids Grey Green, telling Mr Miliband that Mr Alexander was ‘impossible’ to work with.A senior Labour figure said: ‘Douglas thinks he is cleverer than everyone else and won’t talk to anyone. His personal communication skills are zero. He is out of step with nearly everyone around him and it is starting to destablilize the leader’s office. ‘He gives the impression he knows more about strategy than anyone else but he ran campaigns for Gordon Brown and David Miliband and made a mess of both of them. It doesn’t help that Ed Miliband doesn’t have the authority to knock heads together.’ 2597961
501 shares 424 View comments The Government’s controversial High Speed 2 rail link will be dealt a huge blow tomorrow as MPs demand that the top speed for trains on the line should be slashed by 40mph.The proposal is just one of a damaging series of criticisms of the ￡50?billion HS2 project contained in a leaked parliamentary report seen by The Mail on Sunday.The slower speed would add ten minutes to the predicted journey time from London to Birmingham,Nike Free 4.0 V2 Womens Black Peachblow, making it only 25 minutes quicker than current trains. High Speed (ish): The journey time from London to Birmingham could be just 25 minutes shorter than it is no