'Ministers rally to support Brown'. What?

News that three cabinet ministers have openly declared their support for McLoon is being trumpeted by the BBC as a personal triumph for the dour one:

Three cabinet ministers have rallied to the prime minister's defence, insisting he is the right man for the job.

What? There are twenty-two full members of cabinet apart from McFool. That means nineteen cabinet members have been unwilling to declare their support for him. Some support. Here's the list in full:

Brown noses
Darling
Harman
Denham

Clean noses
Straw
Miliband Major
Smith
Baroness Ashton
Hutton
Balls
Blears
Burnham
Browne
Benn
Johnson
Alexander
Woodward
Kelly
Purnell
Murphy
Miliband Minor
Cooper
Hoon