Jacqui Smith gets Home Office (was the Chief Whip)
John Hutton gets Trade and Industry (was Work and Pensions)
John Hutton gets Trade and Industry (was Work and Pensions)
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Darling confirmed as new Chancellor
James Purnell replaces Tessa Jowell as Culture, Media and Sport
Hazel Blears replaces Ruth Kelly (
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Ruth Kelly gets Transport (
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Prime minister: Gordon Brown
Chancellor: Alistair Darling
Foreign Secretary: David Miliband
Home Secretary: Jacqui Smith
Health: Alan Johnson
Schools and children: Ed Balls
Justice: Jack Straw
Commons leader: Harriet Harman
Defence and Scotland: Des Browne
Int Development: Douglas Alexander
Work and Pensions: Peter Hain
Cabinet office minister: Ed Miliband
Culture: James Purnell
Transport: Ruth Kelly
Lords leader: Baroness Ashton
Attorney General: Baroness Scotland
Environment: Hilary Benn
Chief Whip: Geoff Hoon
Industry: John Hutton
Communities: Hazel Blears
Northern Ireland: To be confirmed
Duchy of Lancaster: To be confirmed
Housing: To be confirmed
Surely someone in the media department could have advised against "Schools and Children" going to Balls.Comment
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Why does the "South East" get a minister? What's so special about the shandy drinkers that they get their own minister???Minister for the Olympics and London and South East
The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP
Or is it punishment - nowhere else gets one; you get Tessa Jowell?Comment
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No, other (less populated) parts of the country get their own parliament, just for being ethnically diverse.Originally posted by TheFaqqer
The least we can get is a minister..."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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Stunning!
Given the origins of the board (IR35 and all that) I find it amazing that it now seems to be populated by individuals who don't know who Primarolo is or what the PMG does. FFS!Originally posted by TheFaqqer
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Ah, now I see what she does. I've never cared who was Paymaster General when IR35 was brought in, to be honest.Originally posted by bogeyman
However, good old Wikipedia has told me more than enough about her.Comment
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"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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We seem to get the worst of both worlds. We get a PM imposed as party leader, but when somebody crosses the floor they get to stay as an MP.Originally posted by TheFaqqerComment
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