Blunt knife out for Hoon

The only thing worse than being a backstabbing toad, is being a backstabbing toad that lacks conviction.

Charles Clarke falls into the second category after his interview in the Telegraph in which his apologises for trying to get the PM sacked last year.

He even let slip rather unsubtly that he'd like a job at the top table.

"I'd love to do transport," he told the paper.

That will give the incumbent Notts MP Geoff Hoon nothing to think about.