Claire Shorts agenda has one item, the promotion of Claire Short.

Under Labour Party rules Blair had to give her cabinet rank in 1997.

I fear she has gone down the Viscount Stansgate road (1974 to 1979), acept office, take the reward, and complain afterwards.

Some of us can remmember her brief position 1996 to 1997 as oposition spokesperson on the Railways.

She made it possible for the Conservative Government of the day to give away our British Railways.

Incidently if the Gaurdian is to be believed she has now "modified" her position, and that the Kofi Ana transcripts actuallity they were "telephone" intercepts.

Gareth