So I miss a few hours posting and what happens? Ian Blair is forced out by Boris - and to think I had my doubts - and Mandy is brought back by Gordon Brown.
Of all the pieces I've read about the former, the most sensible is a post on CentreRight by Greg Hands:
I for one believe that there was no politics at all in Boris's desire to see change, and that
complaints from Jacqui Smith and (God help us)
Ken Livingstone simply show Labour's failure to realise that Boris really did win the election and that the London Mayor is the right democratically-accountable person to make the decision on who is in charge of the capital's policing.