I've just been at the BERR where Business Secretary Lord Mandelson is hosting Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew for talks.
I managed to get a few words with them both which you can listen to below. Lord Mandelson started off by trying to avoid talking about what looks to many like the implosion of the Labour Party but I made sure I asked him about it.
He says the crisis is in politics and not specifically with the government, which is a hard line to stick to with Hazel Blears the latest cabinet minister to resign today ahead of what look set to be disastrous election results in the coming days.
Despite the Business Secretary's optimism, Mr Lee seemed pretty clear the Labour government needs 'rescuing', which was probably not what Lord Mandelson hoped he was going to say...
Listen here.
Bit of an exclusive, by the way, as I was the only journalist there, covering Mr Lee's visit for Channel News Asia.
Olly Barratt - UK correspondent
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