It’s a pretty common supposition that finance minister Gordon Brown was behind the attacks on Tony Blair this week. Now Charles Clarke, former Home Secretary (and someone with many admirers in the Administration for his firm stance in the war on drugs), has effectively called the Chancellor out, calling his actions stupid, nervous and divisive.” The BBC’s Chief Political Correspondent, Nick Robinson, has some insights into what this all means here. In effect, open war has broken out in Britain’s governing party.