Scorched earth policy revealed

Lord Mandelson suggests this government should have the mindset of "insurgents" rather than "incumbents".

So what Improvised Economic Disasters will Mandy and Brown leave behind for an incoming administration?

This from Spycatcher...

Travelling in a cab with a Treasury wonk recently, I congratulated her on getting the Crossrail Act passed.

It was easy, she said, to take the short-term political credit for getting it onto the statute book, as the inevitable cost overruns on the £16bn project would land on the desk of the next government.

“Just like they did to us with the Dome” she added.

Charming!

Not waving but drowning

As this government sinks ever deeper into the mire it is amusing to see which minister can pluck the most lunatic idea from the bottom of the barrel.

Step forward the ever tactful Hazel Blears!

As the economy is now officially screwed the Community Secretary has suggested that all the empty shops littering the high street should be turned into Community Art Galleries, Advice Centres, Underwater Knitting Emporia and the like.

How long before Buff-Hoon feels compelled to come up with an equally fatuous proposal for the growing number of empty first class vehicles roaming the network?