And the winner is...

...Harriet Harman!

No, really. She is now Deputy Leader of the Labour party.

Words fail to describe my feelings on reading this piece of news. I am staggered, though, that the Labour party have managed to find someone to be their Deputy Leader who appears less capable than John Prescott. That takes some doing, but those canny Labour party members have somehow managed it.

Just to summarise the events of the past few weeks, though: the Labour MPs think the sulking, egregious lump that is Gordon Brown is the best their party has to offer, and the Labour party members think that Harriet Harman - who displays all the charisma, consistency and integrity of a cardboard cutout left out in the rain all night - is the second best person that their party has to offer.

Time for a beer, I think. The concept of Brown and Harman leading our country will be easier to swallow after a couple of pints...