 During an acrimonious and divided meeting of senior figures to discuss the persistent public perception Labour had overspent prior to 2010 Beales is alleged to have shouted; ‘For God’s sake, we have got an Election to win and you are behaving like children.You are still trying to blame each other for what you all did in the Treasury with Gordon.Geoffrey Robinson, Labour MP for Coventry North West was rumoured to have told party activists he would step down in 2015 to allow Beales to contest his seat; an email seen by the "Coventry Telegraph"'s Simon Gilbert appeared to show Beales and Robinson discussing introductions to prominent members of the local labour party.