Yep, BBC say it's Reid, with Buff as Leader of the Commons. Given that TCH has no concept of leadership, this could be a poor appointment by Blair. The Leader of the House is not meant to be supine...
John Pienaar, (the BBC correspondent) has observed that Reid has always 'coveted' the Defence job. So, Defence has a man who (a) wants the job and (b) has a spine. I am led to believe that his default setting is *not* 'that's a very generous amount you're offering my department in this spending round, Gordon'.
Could be interesting...