THE hazards of trying to write anything in a time of turmoil is that what is written can be out-of-date by the time pen is put to paper, or increasingly shaky fingertips strike keyboards.
For example, after casting the vote in the Euro poll one could reasonably expect to settle down to await the outworking of the English council elections throughout Friday and the European election counts much later.
Then came the news that another cabinet minister had packed up his dispatch box and handed in his resignation. Work and Pensions secretary James Purnell had resigned, calling on the PM to quit. This was followed by Defence Secretary John Hutton’s announcement that he was leaving the government.
At the time of writing the smoke signals were showing the first faces in the re-shuffle with Alan Johnson taking over as Home Secretary.
Ah the perils of trying to guess what comes next in a time of turmoil! Who knows – by the time you are reading this there could be a new PM.
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