>So does Blair's reshuffle mean anything, or is it just rearranging the deck
>chairs on the Hindenburg?
Labour cleverly played up their likely losses before the election so as to make the actual loss of 250 council seats seem like a pleasing result. For this reason, they feel they can get away with a mere rearrangement. The reshuffle demotes some unpopular people (Charles Clarke, Ruth Kelly and Jack Straw), but the otherwise it circulates the same individuals around the organs of government.
So, the Hindenburg metaphor is very apt.
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