The papers seem agreed it was a hatchet job by Tony. The broadsheets go with variations on the horror theme: "Blair turns butcher after poll carnage" is The Times headline. The Telegraph runs with "Nightmare on Downing Street".
The Indy predicts TB's imminent demise with "THE LAST STAND: Blair's savage reshuffle", and follows it up with a long explanatory subhead: "After a bad night at the polls, Tony Blair ripped his cabinet apart, sacking Charles Clarke, humiliating John Prescott, demoting Jack Straw – and ignoring Gordon Brown". Inside is a piece by Andrew Grice headed "An act of brutality from a prime minister on the run".
But it's the red-tops that sum up the anger many people – voters and Labour supporters alike – feel about the Fat Controller keeping the perks and losing the job. The Sun puts it best: "NOW WE'RE ALL BEING SCREWED" it screams. Inside it picks up the horror story with "Morning cereal killer Blair" [ho ho], and "It's Butcher Blair". The Express has a more hesitant "No wonder he's so smug", while The Mirror spells it out with "NO JOBS! Prezza is abolished, but gets to keep his homes, his car and his £134,000 wage".
One has to remember that this is the man who will be called on to run the country if TB is indisposed, yet he's not considered good enough to run a department.
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