The weekend press has not been good for Michael Martin (for very good reason).  Any remaining support for the speaker is falling away fast; but it has not yet completely fallen.  Like a knight in shining armour Gordon Brown has ridden to the side of his limping colleague declaring, with characteristic judgment, that Martin is “a very, very good speaker“.

Then again, if I was Gordon Brown I’d probably like the guy who was letting me turn PMQs into Opposition Leader’s Questions…