Opinion: January Reshuffle – Big Surprises and the Liberal ‘Big Beasts’ (Part I)
Part One – Two Big Surprises It’s thought that Gordon Brown will have a January reshuffle in anticipation of a 2009 election. We could have a long debate about whether or not there will be an election...
View ArticleOpinion: January Reshuffle – Big Surprises and the Liberal ‘Big Beasts’ (Part...
Part Two – Beyond the Big Beasts (To read Part I – Two Big Surprises – published yesterday, please click here). Lynne Featherstone has clearly earned a promotion to shadow Ed Balls at the Department of...
View ArticleThe Tory reshuffle in full
Following the news this morning of Ken Clarke’s return to the Tory front-bench, PoliticsHome lists all the changes: The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke QC MP [replaces Alan Duncan] Shadow Secretary of State for...
View ArticleWho Lib Dem members want to see stay/axed in the next Cabinet reshuffle
Lib Dem Voice polled our members-only forum recently to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 500 party members...
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What do we Lib Dems want from a reshuffle?
While the massed ranks of the mostly right-wing political commentariat obsess about the imminent Cabinet reshuffle, Lib Dem interest has been relatively muted. In one sense this isn’t surprising. As it...
View ArticleJo Swinson, Julian Huppert & David Laws top Lib Dem members’ reshuffle...
Lib Dem Voice polled our members-only forum recently to discover what Lib Dem members think of various political issues, the Coalition, and the performance of key party figures. Some 500 party members...
View ArticleReshuffle round-up: it looks like good news for Swinson & Laws
There’s been plenty of reshuffle chit-chat overt the past few weeks, much of it speculative. However, the Sunday papers appears to included some pretty well-sourced information which went beyond the...
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Government Reshuffle live blog
As I’m going to be doing little else than sip Earl Grey while watching the News channel for reshuffle news, I thought it might be a good idea to have an open thread to cover events. If you want a...
View ArticleOpinion: Reshuffle to the Right
The official line is that today’s reshuffle is all about prioritizing the economy – with reasonable evidence for this with Ken Clarke staying on with an economic brief; Cameron beefing up the Whip...
View ArticleWhat the three departing Lib Dem ministers have said as they leave government
You can catch up on the rolling LibDemVoice live-blog of today’s reshuffle here and the current list of official Lib Dem appointments here. Three Lib Dem ministers are at the time of writing departing...
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Reshuffle thoughts: how does it score against my four criteria?
Ahead of the reshuffle, I posted four criteria against which the Liberal Democrat part of the shuffling should be judged. Now nearly all the details are in, how does it look? Most importantly, have...
View ArticleLibLink: Stephen Tall – Will the reshuffle actually matter?
Our own Stephen Tall has been analysing the Reshuffle over at Endeavour Public Affairs. He says that an opportunity to pursue a more radical economic agenda has been missed: The Government should be...
View ArticleLib Dems should have had no part in ‘Knights of the Long Knives’ reshuffle...
Nick Harvey’s had a tough week. On Tuesday his ministerial career was brought to an abrupt and surprising halt when Nick Clegg told him he was ‘trading’ his post of armed forces minister for a Lib Dem...
View ArticleLittle known reshuffle fact: there are now MORE Lib Dem ministers
Compared to many a previous government reshuffle, this week’s went at a pretty standard rate. It felt, however, slower. Slower because our speeded up news cycle and appetite for instant updates, fed...
View ArticleOpinion: After the reshuffle: how can we still claim internationalism?
The reshuffle: the talking point of the last few days. I’m sure we all feel a bit angry and flustered after the Tory side was announced – Hunt at health, Miller as equalities. It really could not have...
View Article+++ Carmichael replaces Michael Moore as Secretary of State for Scotland
From the BBC: Michael Moore has been sacked as Secretary of State for Scotland and replaced by Alistair Carmichael, another senior Liberal Democrat. The move comes as a reshuffle of Conservative and...
View ArticleIn full: Nick Clegg’s and Michael Moore’s exchange of letters
As we reported earlier, Michael Moore is to leave Government and will be replaced as Scottish Secretary by Alistair Carmichael. When a Minister leaves office, there is always an exchange of letters...
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Sometimes it makes sense to take one of your best players off the field – but...
When I was about 10, I had a bit of an obsession with football. I quickly grew out of it, I hasten to add. I had my favourite players, most notably Sandy Jardine, Alan Rough and, above all, Kenny...
View ArticleToday’s Lib Dem reshuffle: 4 thoughts from me on what it means
Four quick thoughts from me on what today’s Lib Dem reshuffle means.. 1. Nick feels secure enough to be ruthless. Sacking both Michael Moore and Jeremy Browne is not something Nick would have been able...
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Reshuffle redux: how Lib Dem members rated the ministerial performances of...
I posted earlier the most recent ratings by Lib Dem members of the party’s government ministers. Here’s how those affected by the reshuffle have done over the three-plus years we’ve been running our...
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