Confused?

So let’s recap.

1. Brown assured Darling and Co. he is going to rein in Ed Balls.
2. Darling walks out grinning and tells the country he’s going to out-Osborne Osborne with massive cuts.
3. Mandelson makes a speech saying, in short, that Thatcher was right and Claws Four’s dead, get over it.
4. Tonight Balls runs an article saying fack yew to Darling.
5. Update: The Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary are not talking to each other.

I am confused. Who’s minding the shop?

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