The government is in a mess. Darling is taking some serious flack for the malinvestment of public money in Northern Rock and the failure to follow basic security procedures at HMRC. But he'll be keeping his job as Chancellor for the time being. Why?
He's probably one of Labour's most competent and experienced Ministers. Believe it nor not Darling is Chancellor mainly because he is actually one of the few Ministers around who has good experience in several major departments without having cocked up anything too badly.
The Tories won't be asking for his resignation. They want to pin this on Brown and taint the whole government. They want it to rumble on for a good while yet, poisoning Brown's reputation for economic competence and making him look at the mercy of events. A quick Darling exit would close it down too easily.
By and large it isn't t his fault. He's obviously the monkey, not the organ-grinder. Anyone with half a brain knows that there's only one person who's responsible for this, and his surname rhymes with Down. And Clown.
Because he is too useful to Brown just where he is. Having Darling in the Chancellor role allows him to do a McAvity and avoid what is obviously his own responsibility. Darling can be his whipping boy, while he 'moves on' to other pressing issues like banning plastic bags and trying to discredit the military.
And anyway, we'd all miss those amazing eyebrows wouldn't we?
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