Home Secretary latest odds...

The initial odds for the Home Secretary position are

Alan Johnson 3/1	David Miliband 12/1	Hilary Benn 20/1
Alistair Darling 7/2	Ed Miliband 12/1	Jack Straw 20/1
Shaun Woodward 11/2	John Hutton 14/1	Harriet Harman 20/1
John Denham 6/1	David Blunkett 14/1	John Reid 33/1
Ed Balls 7/1	John Cruddas 18/1	Andy Burnham 33/1
James Purnell 8/1

The best odds are probably David Miliband at 12/1 or James Purnell at 8/1. It would make a lot of sense for Gordon Brown to place his closest rivals for the leadership of the Labour Party in the one department where the Sword of Damocles hangs over all its residents and falls eventually.