But for Labour MPs there is an even more terrifying number — a slump in support for the party to just 26 per cent, in two polls, after its shameless “dirty war”.

The phones of senior party figures were ringing hot over the weekend as millions of ex-Labour voters recoiled from the stench of sleaze.

They are abruptly aware that, after 12 years of bullying and manipulation, this Government have been spectacularly and publicly sussed.

Worse, for Gordon Brown, the fear factor has been dramatically neutered. Nobody is afraid of him any more.

The PM stands revealed as an insecure bully who relies on ruthless and unscrupulous henchmen to poison his rivals.

His handpicked successor, Ed Balls, is exposed as the devious puppet master of Downing Street’s underground torture chamber.

Balls’ thuggish team of enforcers, Charlie “Rasputin” Whelan and slippery hitman Tom Watson, have been dragged into the daylight.

“People accused Tony of telling lies but Gordon is the biggest liar in modern politics.