Wild speculation is always fun. So thanks to World at One presenter Martha Kearney for including this at the end of her weekly newsletter.
It's certainly been a torrid week. Let me leave you with one wild suggestion about the future. My scenario goes like this. Dominique Strauss-Kahn is forced to resign as head of the IMF because of those problems over his former mistress and then Gordon Brown takes over as the self-styled saviour of the financial world. He no longer has to fight an election which looks extremely difficult to win and leaves office with his political reputation at least partially salvaged. What do you reckon?
What I reckon, Martha, is that he'll be clinging on by his fingertips as they drag him out of the door. But I would never have predicted Peter Mandelson's return either, so who knows?
