Ha, Ha Harmen surprise!

Harriet Harman has been named the next deputy leader of the Labour Party!

Surprise winner from the six candidates competing for the position of Gordon Brown's deputy. 50.43% of the votes in the 5th round against Alan Johnsons 49.56%!

Looking at the pictures in todays papers it could be Blair and Cherie - now morphed into Gordon and Harriet - BC to GH? While she is less hectoring than asbo Hazel she does go on.

But the turnout was low.

Epolitx report Party chairman Hazel Blears was eliminated in the first round of voting, with second preferences then distributed to the other candidates.
Northern Ireland secretary Peter Hain was last in the second round of voting, while international development secretary Hilary Benn - judged to be second favourite ahead of the contest - was eliminated in the third round.
With no candidate having a majority by the fourth round, Dagenham MP Jon Cruddas was eliminated. In the fifth round of voting against Harman polled 50.43 per cent, against 49.56 per cent for Alan Johnson.
Johnson - the favourite going into the contest - had been three points ahead in the fourth round, but when Cruddas dropped out there was a swing to Harman, especially among party members.
She told the Labour special conference it was an "honour and a privilege" to be chosen for the job, and said she and the party were confident about the future.