The national headlines make grim reading for Gordon Brown and his government this morning.
Rats desert sinking ship (Daily Mail), Disarray in Downing Street (The Independent), Meltbrown (Daily Mirror), Labour's day of resignation (Guardian), Cabinet meltdown (Telegraph), Meltdown for Brown (Express), Ministers walk away as Brown's authority wanes (Times).
Meanwhile, The Sun has gone for a picture of departing Home Secretary Jacqui Smith in a Thunderbirds' costume above the headline: BLUNDERBIRD IS GO.
The forthcoming reshuffle will be like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic - I can't see it saving the Prime Minister from going down.
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