Blair would “charm the sharks”

That's it, he'll have to be forced out.  According to the gossip in the Mail on Sunday, Brown won’t go because none of his colleagues are up to the job:

David Miliband is “lightweight”, Alan Johnson is “lacklustre”, Harriet Harman is ”a disaster” and Ed Balls is “too aggressive”.

All is not lost.  Mandy is briefing against Brown and has come up with a “cruel joke” to explain why Our Dear Leader has coped so badly with stress:

If Tony and Gordon were stranded on a desert island surrounded by sharks, Tony would charm the sharks to carry him to safety. Gordon would sit there raging “Who sent the sharks?”

Ah, the sharks.  Sometime soon they will arrive in Downing Street.