Both Bush and Blair are making changes to their teams but the bottom line problem for both, is that voters are fed up with them. They can shuffle all they like, but until they go away, the problem is not going to leave.
Mr Blair, too, is slumping in the polls. Yesterday a YouGov survey showed that only 26 per cent of people are satisfied with his performance, making him the most unpopular Labour prime minister in modern times. It gave the Tories a six-point lead.
