BBC - Clarke: Blair told me not to quit: The home secretary told Tony Blair he was ready to quit over the 1,023 foreign prisoners released but not considered for removal from the UK. Charles Clarke said he told the premier of the problems just before Christmas.

Skip right past the bit where Clarke is incredibly close to Blair this week due to their teamed attack on the media and Clarke's solid work backing the PM over the looming local election results and go straight to...

Blair knew about this months ago as well... and stood by as the debacle continued!