Tony Blair's last cabinet meeting this morning ended with a rousing ovation, back slaps, applause and choruses of 'For He's A Jolly Good Fellow', 'Ten Green Bottles Standing On The Wall', 'Auld Lang Syne', 'I Knew Him So Well', 'You Lift Up My Life', 'Tragedy', and 'Rock'in All Over The World'.

In other news: Gordon Brown has offered the position of Foreign Secretary to US President George Bush, so that he has "a free hand to sort out the shit in Iraq", say sources close to Gordon Brown's lips. More may follow later.