Hain is the best organised and he’s in pole position, with lots of committed supporters, Martin Linton and Nick Palmer are organising for him.

Harriet Harman (wearing Brown’s colours) has Angela Eagle leading her campaign and is prepared to collect signatures from MPs to force out the DPM. The sisterhood are seething…

The machiavellian Alan Johnson is prepared to back Hain under the right circumstances. A number of junior ministers and ambitious types are waiting to see who can help their careers. There are already a number of whips already committed to different candidates. All we need is for Prezza to fire the start gun…