Tim Kiddell is the man with the most difficult job in Whitehall. He is according to the FT the newly appointed speechwriter for the PM. Presumably as a civil servant he will write the non-party speeches.

Gordon was asked by the press this morning for an idea as to what he’ll be saying in his speech to the Labour Party conference. He desperately needs some new lines because yet again Brown said he would be telling them he would be “getting on with the job”. Not if he carries on as vacuously as he is…