John Reid leaving the Cabinet

Reid has said he will return to the backbenchers when Blair goes.

Seems he isn't going to stand against Brown, but is making it clear he can't work with him. Of course he may just have felt he has run out of Government positions to hold.

Blair may be backing Brown, Jowell has called for an end to 'tribalism'. between Brownites and Blairites, but somehow I can't see the likes of Mandelson and Reid going quietly.

Its not just the left that can bicker and fight amongst themselves destructively.