No sooner blogged than done

So, the Lord Chancellor has listened to the people, or at least to Tony Blair:

Gibson (a Labour MP) said last night it was obvious Lord Irvine had come under pressure from the prime minister to reject the huge pay hike

Of course, the rise has been "put on hold", not cancelled. I trust that Irvine doesn't think that the rise can be sneaked back in later without all hell breaking loose.