It seems that we are already seeing the beginning of the bloodletting which was expected to start after this week’s Euro elections.
The BBC has just reported that Jacqui Smith is set to resign as Home Secretary, which may give some credence to speculation that the Prime Minister intends to move Alistair Darling to the Home Office, to make way for Ed Balls at the Treasury.
None of this would be likely to be greeted positively; Balls is roundly disliked within the Labour Party and it would be widely regarded as unacceptable to have a Scottish MP in charge of policing in England and Wales.
There will undoubtedly talk of “rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic”, but at least the Titanic slipped quietly under the water. SS Labour is unlikely to be so quiescent.
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