http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/rachel_sylvester/article6975876.ece

"Lord Mandelson seems determined not to be blamed for switching off what one friend calls “Gordon’s life support machine”. But there is no doubt that he has become increasingly disillusioned with Mr Brown. At breakfast in a stately home a couple of months ago a small child asked him why he continued to back the Prime Minister. “That’s the only toy I have to play with,” he replied archly."