"Buff" Hoon shafts Blair

Geoff ("Buff") Hoon has suggested that Blair should not lead the Labour Party in next May's elections. Since the Labour Party takes a couple of months to elect a new Leader, this would mean a resignation within the next few months. Hoon has also declared for Brown. According to the Number 10 web-site the lobby has been told that Blair has "full confidence" in Hoon. That an apparatchik like Hoon should feel free to muse aloud about this without fear of reprisal from Blair speaks volumes.