"...regarding the PM though, I would prefer John Reid. He talks sense."

Does he now? The humourless git sounds like a robot endlessly repeating the 'party line' to me. He's always struck me as a glassy-eyed,'I voss only following orders' type.
I hate the thought of having to choose between 'commissar' Reid and Prezza - like having to choose between having your eyes gouged out with an old spoon or having your legs sawed off with a rusty saw.