And it's not that great a frame. He's been set up as the scapegoat for Blair's many failings, and he's going to take the fall for that. A bit of rough-housing with the media makes him look petulant, and perhaps even somewhat unserious.
Aside form the idiot neoliberal policies, his personality is such he should never have been allowed near the Prime Minister's office keep to the Fen Causeway