Labour

They seem to be doing their level best to shoot themselves in the foot, to which the Torygraph are reacting with undisguied glee. It makes you wonder who will actually be the next leader and if Blair is simply waiting until Brown is as unpopular as he can get before Tony resigns. Who do we have as possibles for the leadership then:

• Gordon Brown - has gone from being the nailed-on certainty to merely the "likely" successor. If he doesn't make it, I suspect he would be very very bitter. However, I think he's been at the Treasury too long.
  
• Alan Milburn - rising star of the right wing of the party. Again, seems to be being groomed by Blair (innuendoes at the ready).
  
• John McDonnell - the only one to have actually stated he will stand, and he is being very forceful in his language against Blair and Brown.
  
• John Reid - I actually think he'd be good at the job, but the words "safe pair of hands" and "troubleshooter" seem to come up far too often in his job/career description. Used to be a communist, which I find interesting.
  
• Charles Clarke - the ultimate payback for being hung out to dry by Tony and then John Reid. He could very well do to Blair what Lamont did to the Tories.
  
• Alan Johnson, David Milliband, Peter Hain, Hilary Benn, Jack Straw - all others that are touted by the BBC. For Straw, read Charles Clarke.