Even the Cabinet is demob happy… Adam Bouton reports:
I was taken aback this week to hear that one senior member of the Cabinet is cheerfully telling colleagues that he has been over-promoted but intends “to enjoy it while it lasts”.
James Forsyth asks whom could it be? Is Des Browne sufficiently self-aware (and cheerful) to be the one?
Of course, the country rather takes the view that the Prime Minister himself has been over-promoted…

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