Today's Guardian report of the findings of the House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee reminded me of a plan published earlier this year by the LabOUR Commission.
The diagram shown sets out the Commission's understanding of the current state of the Labour Party in government.
Gordon Brown ignored this report on taking up the invitation of Her Majesty to form a government - his words not mine.
But in the light of MPs recommendations, Gordon, why not be decisive and purge patronage from the Labour Party too?
More detailed diagrams of what will have to change will be published here in the run up to Christmas.