Flyweight Dave gets blown away... what about Heavyweight Gordon?

Another year, another Queen's Speech. "My Government..." (not, of course, your Government, despite the fact that several of us did vote for it) delivered in the usual ludicrously affected upper-class accent. (At home the Queen probably speaks like John Major or something.)

More interesting than the stackful of bills presented (which the devil will be in the detail of in most cases anyway) was Tony Blair's boxing analogies when faced with Dave Cameron across the despatch box. Blair says the next election will be a "flyweight versus a heavyweight" and:

"However much [Cameron] dances around the ring beforehand he will come in reach of a big clunking fist and, you know what, he'll be out on his feet, carried out of the ring,"

Whilst John Reid might think he fits the description of a heavyweight, that's as close to an endorsement of Gordon Brown as you're likely to hear from Tony. And this looks like the strategy for the Brown premiership: the man of experience vs yet another ephemeral Tory leader.

The only snag is, of course, that if Gordon's too much of a heavyweight he might just fall through the floor...