THE Labour Party seems to be in a bit of a quandary as to who will take Tony Blair's place. It could do a lot worse than put Dr Ashok Kumar, MP for Middlesbrough South and Cleveland East, in Number 10.

He always seems to be fighting some cause or being involved with something, and you can usually spot him in the House of Commons. Of course, he may not want to be involved with all the backstabbing there.

Mrs M Elliott, Ingleton, near Darlington.