As usual, Darling plays it straight | Michael White | Politics | guardian.co.uk‏

Darling is top, no two ways about it.
"In effect he called a weakened prime minister's bluff and a good thing too, so far as we can tell because Brown's reluctance to acknowledge the scale of the recession or its implications for tax-and-spend policies has been part of the 2007-10 problem"

Very much agreed. I'd rather Darling was in charge of the Treasury. He's my kind of politician, bland and boring but does the right thing. Darling for Overlord of everything!