Today: “Infighting within the Labour Party will help the Conservatives at the next general election, former Home Secretary Charles Clarke has said.”Two months ago: “In what amounts to one of the most public rows among senior Blairites since 1997, Mr Clarke rejected claims that recent bad publicity showed he had lost control of his department. ‘I disagree. I argue that the way it’s gone is a direct consequence of the way the current home secretary has conducted his responsibilities,’ he said.”

Nice to see he’s just as much of an inconsistent, loud-mouthed moron out of office as he was in…