I met John Reid when he was Shadow Defence Sec (1993ish) and he came over as a decent enough bloke. There was only him and me present, so it wasn't as though he needed to impress a crowd. He's pretty affable and has a very good brain.
I thought his reaction to Jeremy Paxman's 'attack dog' comment, during a Newsnight interview a few weeks ago, was completely OTT. He was trying to play the Glaswegian working class card and made himself look daft.
And he is a proper Dr (ie he has a doctorate), as opposed to most medical Drs (who don't).
We'll see...