Michael Crick: Alan Johnson's campaign is effectively in place

The Alan Johnson campaign is effectively now in place. People round him are all ready to go once, and if, Gordon Brown steps down.

Mr Johnson has quietly been meeting figures expected to play key roles in his operation, though he is keen to stress to every team member that he is certainly not plotting to get rid of Mr Brown, and does not want to be known as a plotter. [...] let me assure you the Johnson campaign is now ready for someone to press the Go button.

Or so Crick writes in his blog - 'Behind closed doors the Johnson team prepares'