As Guido and others predicted, Gordon Brown has recalled his former private secretary from the IMF/World Bank in Washington to become his Chief-of-Staff.

The Downing Street secretaries should be aware that his last girlfriend, a junior employee at the Bank, prospered very well during his time as a Board member. There were allegations made of favouritism in that scurrilous gossip rag The Wall Street Journal – which were subsequently denied. Still girls, it is worth knowing…