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Concerns are growing for the mental wellbeing of Prime Minister Tony Blair, following his appointment of deceased children's entertainer, Rod Hull, to the post of Secretary for the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs.

The announcement of Mr Hull's appointment to the position came after a stressful few weeks for Blair, in which his Labour Party was rocked by scandal after scandal.  The headaches began with the admission by then Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, that almost one hundred foreign prisoners had been mistakenly overlooked for deportation following their release from prison. 

As the government reeled from that blow, news emerged of Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's extra marital affair with his secretary, along with allegations that Mr Prescott is a "serial groper" of the women on his staff.

While opposition parties called for Blair to step down as Prime Minister, the PM responded with his largest cabinet reshuffle ever, which saw Clarke axed from his Home Secretary job and replaced by Margaret Beckett.  It is Beckett's old position of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs secretary which has now been awarded to Rod Hull, who died in 1999.

Hull - best known for performing on television and in pantomime with his puppet sidekick, "Emu" - was killed after falling off the roof of his house while trying to fix his TV aerial.  Despite this, the Prime Minister insists Hull is the right man for the job.

"Who could be more perfectly suited for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs than a man who lives in a windmill and has a bird as his constant companion?" Blair said, responding to criticism over the move.  "I mean a bird for Christ's sake - it's perfect!"

Added Blair: "Plus it's not just a windmill, it's a pink windmill, so that'll appeal not only to the green brigade, but to the homos, too."

Despite the reassurances from their leader, many Labour back benchers have branded the move "outrageous", with some predicting that this is the end for "clearly unhinged" Blair.

"The public were rightly disgusted at the Prime Minister's handling of the war in Iraq, and he was lucky to escape with his job," one back bencher told us, "but to appoint TV's Rod Hull to the cabinet - a man both politically inexperienced and dead - is surely the last straw?"

Continued the MP:  "Mr Blair has been under a lot of stress recently, and for his sake as well as the nation's, I think the time has come to pass the torch."

Mr Hull - who is scheduled to take up his position on Monday 15th May - was unavailable for comment yesterday.