The loser from the Kevan Jones storm is Gordon Brown

Guido went there, and the newspapers decided to follow.  After the political blogosphere’s favourite son outed Kevan Jones as the minister behind the attempted smear campaign against Richard Dannatt, the defence minister gets namechecked in all of this morning’s publications. Jones is, naturally, distancing himself from the accusations – but there are intriguing hints that Dannatt himself knows who the culprit is, and may act against him.  This in today’s Sun:

“The General knows the identity of the man behind the bid, The Sun can reveal. He has considered forcing his resignation.”

If Jones – or any other member of the government – can be tied to the smear plot, then it’s certainly a resigning matter.  Our political representatives should have much better things to do than sullying the name of an Army chief who only has eight more days left in his job.  Better things like administering to the conflict in Afghanistan, say.