DAVID Blunkett's big mistake was getting too close to Tony Blair.
If you don't want to be cast as the fox in the daily Westminster Hunt, keep your head down or be sure you can beat the hunters.
John Prescott, Alastair Campbell and Peter Mandelson have outrun the pack and live on, leaving one or two big unseated riders.
If you're not up to it, you are tracked relentlessly and run to ground when you are too weak to escape, then torn apart mercilessly for young hunters to be blooded as you take your last breath.
The sporting media reveals, in detail, every aspect of another successful kill for lessons to be learned, and scant, but decent, acknowledgement is made for a brave fighter.
The trophies are claimed, presented and measured by popular response to the following questions: "How damaged do you think this leaves Tony Blair?" and "Do you think he can carry on?" The big trophy remains unclaimed.
Leighton Croft,
York.
Updated: 11:07 Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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