FACTBOX - Labour memoirs and Gordon Brown

LONDON (Reuters) - Health Secretary Alan Johnson said "the knives were out" for Gordon Brown after newspapers serialised parts of three biographies of Labour Party figures.

Here are extracts from the new memoirs:

CHERIE BLAIR, Speaking for Myself

- "There was no doubt that in April 2004, with Gordon rattling the keys (to Number 10) above his head, Tony suffered a crisis of confidence as to whether he was still an asset to the Labour Party. I remained determined that Tony was not going to resign.

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- "Gordon wanted to become prime minister so much, he failed to understand that, had he been prepared to implement Tony's programmes on internal reform - academy schools, foundation hospitals and pensions - Tony would have stood down."

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- "My own reading of the myth -- that is, that a 'deal' was done at Granita -- was that Gordon didn't want to admit that he'd agreed anything without first discussing it with his people."

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