 Frankly, I've been getting to wonder whether Mr. Shearer has the skills necessary. What the hell kind of Labour leader are we dealing with? Well, the interesting thing is that David Shearer said to me this morning that he doesn't want to take sides. The Labour Party is neither for the waterside nor against them. Now, to say you're not taking sides, I mean, there's an old union ballot which simply asks the key question in these kind of disputes, which side are you on? Mr. Shearer comes to the leadership as a clean skin, in the spy novels, and has a woeful, in my view, lack of understanding about the party's history. He hasn't got a lot of time because, frankly, Labour has other options. You know, you can't take politics out of politics. There needs to be some leadership shown by somebody.