Comments on: Fightback – Reshuffle.

By: Dirty Euro

Dirty Euro — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:05:54 +0000

We should keep the present leader he is doing a good job. If we are going to lose why would a new leader want to take the mantle of heaviest defeat anyway.
My reshuffle would be make Darling foreign secretary Milliband chancellor.

By: Atticus Finch

Atticus Finch — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:07:34 +0000

Madasafish. Since you ask.

Blears has an irrepressible outlook – much like Prescott did. She would die in a ditch for the party and as a former Chair and one of the few “regional” accents, I reckon she could really give it a go.

Purnell has handled a large spending Dept. -DWP – rather well and would be a good opposite to Osborne.

Also, with Denham and Johnson, he can provide voters of South England a reason to listen to Labour again.

I accept dumping Balls is unfair. So give him a Cabinet place as Chair of the Party. Then he can build relations within the party for his own advancement, whether that is a good thing, I have no idea.

I could go on, but i won’t.

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Predictions for Gordon Brown’s reshuffle | News in brief — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:17:06 +0000

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By: madasafish

madasafish — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:36:14 +0000

I really cannot belive that anyone would promote Hazel Blears.

Still you appear to be serious.

Times must be tough with your choice of Chancellor.

I note no real comments about the ability of any to do their jobs: but I suppose ability to do a Cabinet job is not a prerequisite .

By: Atticus Finch

Atticus Finch — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:38:02 +0000

Since we are talking re-shuffles I humbly submit the following as one way forward for Labour. The glaring ommissions are Balls and Brown. I really do feel that King Lear and his fool should be cast into the wilderness for the good of the party. Anything else is just shuffling deckchairs.

A.Johnson – PM

Blears – Deputy

Purnell – Chancellor

Denham – Home Office

Alexander – MOJ

D. Miliband – FCO

Flint – Health

Byrne – DWP

McNulty – Defence

Burnham – DCLG

Harman – Schools

Bradshaw–– DEFRA

Hutton – Leader

Milburn – BERR

Cooper – Universities

Jim Murphy – Transport

E. Miliband – DFID

Straw – Chief Whip

Lammy – DCMS

By: Diablo

Diablo — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:10:22 +0000

Just a small point. Your clock is wrong – you are an hour behind. Is that significant?

By: Diablo

Diablo — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:08:25 +0000

It’s the “A-Team” all over again. All big bangs, bodies flying all over the place and lots of smoke but nobody actually gets killed! Mr T would love it.

By: Labourboy

Labourboy — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:44:35 +0000

I take your point Hopi, I guess that’s politics. Benn used to be my MP and was absolutely brilliant. He helped out my neighbours on that tax credits debacle too so we think very highly of him in the Labourboy household!

By: GW

GW — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:33:05 +0000

Reminds me of Harold MacMillen’s “Night of the Long Knives”

Greater Love hath no man that he lays down his friends, for to save his life !

By: Chris Paul

Chris Paul — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:14:40 +0000

Hilary Benn particularly hard done by. No place for Hain?! That “safe pair of hands” whose joshing about his armed body guards we all love so much? Subject of course to his not being in jail.