We learnt yesterday that the new shadow chancellor will be Alan Johnson - a surprising choice by Ed Miliband. Not only because all the talk was that either Ed Balls or Yvette Cooper would get the job but also because Alan Johnson has very little, if any, economic experience. The Daily Mail's political commentator and sketch writer Quentin Letts gives his thoughts on the move.

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