Don't look now, but Prime Minister Gordon Brown's already bad week just got worse:

Mr Clarke said: “There have been things that have been done recently which have made me feel ashamed to be a Labour Member of Parliament, which was something I never ever wanted to be in.

“I worked, as you say, over my whole political life to get Labour into a position where it could be a good government and I do see that fading away ... And it feels absolutely appalling.