Alan Johnson is to become the new home secretary, Radio 5 Live has just announced; I wonder what that means for his reported leadership campaign?
No news on Alistair Darling as yet.
As though a reshuffle will make any difference at all; Labour’s ship’s sunk, no matter how many times they rearrange the deckchairs.
Breaking news: Jacqui Smith to stand down this afternoon.
Guardian commenter 1971Thistle on why, no matter how bad the expenses scandal gets, the incumbent Labour government will never call an an election:
I think it’s the Guardian (And to be fair, other newspapers) who don’t get it.
The government knows it’s over, dead, finished for them. Almost none of them will be back, none to the jobs they so enjoyed and milked.So, if you know this is the last ride, and the last chance to fill there [sic] boots, they’re staying to the end. It’s last orders at the last chance saloon, and they’re having a lock-in to drink the bar dry before they go.
They do get it, and that’s why they’re doing nothing but procrastinating; using the time to fill up the trolleys one more time. Why throw out the bottle when there are still a few more drops to be wrung from it?
As Deep Throat said “follow the money”. If you do, it’s all rather simple…
Quick, while they’re still shouting at about the expenses!
… quietly, via Labourhome:
Brown and Watson cleared from McBride/Draper fallout
alexhilton Tue May 12, 2009 at 11:23:00 AM GMTThe Cabinet Secretary Gus O’Donnell has investigated emails at No10 and written to Conservative MP Francis Maude reassuring him that no ministers or employees other than McBride were involved in the “dirty” email exchanged that led to his downfall.
Well he would, wouldn’t he?
Likely-to soon-be-made-redundant chief reporter at Daily Telegraph writes hatchet job on blogger. Shock, probe, horror!
If it’s open season on bloggers’ private lives, then it must be open season on journalists’ too. Fair’s fair.
Hmm, who shall we start with?