Gordon Brown seems to be locked into some kind of strange competition to see whether he or Lehman Bros. can lay people off faster. So far, since Saturday, he's got rid of Siobhan McDonagh (an assistant government whip), Joan Ryan (Labour Party vice-chairman), and Barry Gardiner (Prime Minister's special Envoy on Forestry). All were openly calling for a leadership contest to either confirm Mr Brown's tenure or replace him.
When I checked the headlines this morning (5 hours ago), one of them said "Downing Street sources say [Scotland Office] minister David Cairns has not told them that he has any intention of resigning". By 3:15 the Beeb had had to spike that story and replace it with one announcing the acceptance of Mr Cairns' resignation.
They say a week's a long time in politics. This one still has another four days to run...
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