Gordon yet to wow us with his magic

So Gordon Potter Brown has conjured up his dream cabinet. All that talk of getting in the real talent from across parties and public figures has been in vein and El Gordo has had to make do with the buffoons and misfits from his party. Talking of buffoons - old Buff Hoon himself is back. But the big roles have gone to David Miliband (foreign secretary) - reward for not trying to pinch Gordon's job a few months back (it won't be too long before Miliband starts to knock on the door of No.10 and start to try and up seat Brown, I'm sure). Jack Straw got the Justice portfolio and Lord Chancellor. Rather surprisingly, however, Jacqui Smith has been made Home Secretary.

My biggest disappointment was Alan Johnson. He has been given Health. Now, I'm not disappointed because I don't think he is up to the task of a senior role. Rather the opposite, Johnson is one the few good guys in the government with real talent and putting him in Health is a ticket to public humiliation. No doubt this is Gordon's punishment for Johnson not ruling himself out of the leadership race sooner. The Department of Health is an impossible job and with Brown in charge Johnson will have his hands tied behind his back while the media and opposition slap him around.

Incredibly Des Browne kept his job and Ruth Kelly has been handed Transport. Darling didn't do a bad job at Transport - proven by the fact we didn't hear much about him. Kelly is merely months away possibly weeks before she hits the headlines for a cock up, I'm sure. Most worryingly of all though, is Hazel Blears has been given Communities and Local Government. I don't where to begin on this one, suffice to say I thought we got rid of a bungling fool from this portfolio when Kelly took over from Prescott.

The first thing that struck me was the size of the cabinet - I hope Gordon has ordered a few extra chairs because some are going to be standing otherwise. Secondly, it was all rather unremarkable. A couple of departmental name changes and a few new faces, but overall, more of the same. So what of all this talk of change? He certainly hasn't pulled any rabbits out the hat yet.