Knight of the long knives
Blair's carve-up of his cabinet is curious. Reminds me a bit of the Scottish play. 'Is this a dagger I see before me...?', Cherie is crying ; was Jack Straw, as minister for war beginning to show some personal initiative; was Blair jealous of his closeness to Miss Rice; Why did Clarke suddenly get the blade in the back and who are these yes men/women slotted in as frontmen/women without (of course) any real power? They need to know that all power resides in Downing Street.

I still maintain Brown will never move into no. 10.