Here’s a good one. Gordon Brown is still clinging to his job because…

I was chancellor for 10 years. I’m in a position to deal the international and the national events that are happening. I’ve got the experience to deal with these events. I think you’ve seen over the last few days that we’ve been making the right decisions, sometimes ahead of other countries …

So how is he putting this experience to the test? How is he making the right decisions? From someone who’s supposed to be a massive control freak, it turns out that the Prime Minister is a huge delegator…

What can be done about excessive bonuses?

Brown: Well, the Financial Services Authority is looking at that.

Can you legislate to stop bonuses?

Brown: I think it’s difficult to do that because you are dealing with a global economy […] The Financial Services Authority is looking at these issues.

Did you never wonder about the obscene greed of the City?

Brown: What did we do? We created the Financial Services Authority.

And the FSA did what, exactly? If the Financial Services Authority is doing all the heavy lifting (whatever that is), if the Prime Minister is incapable of a single, simple moral judgement, why the hell do we need him? He says one minute that his experience as chancellor qualifies him to stay. The next minute he’s telling us that someone is else doing the work. Which is it? Why not make the head of the FSA prime minister? You know, cut out the middle man.

No doubt if the FSA sort it all out (slim chance), Gordon can turn around, claim the credit and say ‘I told them to do that’. If they fail, well, people have to be held accountable. Here’s Gordon dropping a hint:

I think the FSA have said themselves that it’s not an issue of the powers they had at this particular point in time, but what they did.

…and…

Whatever it takes means that if the FSA needs new powers, they will get them. But don’t forget this. We are a pro-business government. We rely on an economy that is pro-enterprise…

Translation: The FSA will get bigger boots for kicking arses, they just better not upset anybody by kicking those arses too hard.

The control freak is a delegator. The Prime Minister makes the decisions except when he doesn’t. There’s a consignment of jam arriving tomorrow but you probably won’t like the taste. And isn’t that what leadership in this day and age is all about at the end of the day?