Mandleson and Beckett back-Browne goes

I couldn't have put it better myself.James Forsyth at Coffee House compares Peter Mandleson's comeback to the tale of the frog and the scorpion.

Here it is in an abbreviated version

Hellooo Mr. Frog!" called the scorpion across the water, "Would you be so kind as to give me a ride on your back across the river?"
"Well now, Mr. Scorpion! How do I know that if I try to help you, you wont try to kill me?" asked the frog hesitantly.
"Because," the scorpion replied, "If I try to kill you, then I would die too, for you see I cannot swim!" ....................Halfway across the river, the frog suddenly felt a sharp sting in his back and, out of the corner of his eye, saw the scorpion remove his stinger from the frog's back. A deadening numbness began to creep into his limbs.
"You fool!" croaked the frog, "Now we shall both die! Why on earth did you do that?"
The scorpion shrugged, and did a little jig on the drownings frog's back.
"I could not help myself. It is my nature."

Yes the scorpion is back.Gordon Brown has confounded his critics and done something which seems almost daring.Peter Mandleson is back and will be the new business secretary.The previous incumbent John Hutton moves to defence as Des Browne leaves the cabinet.Geoff Hoon takes Ruth Kelly's place at transport and Nick Brown as predicted is the new chief Whip.Margaret Beckett who was effectively sacked by Brown on his coronation returns as a cabinet enforcer and we have a new department of energy and climate which is headed by Ed Miliband.