Heh, he has at least been barely caught up in the expenses scandal
snoopcester Send a noteboard - 12/05/2010 12:20:46 AM
Not that Labour haven't but the Tories were pretending to be white than white
I don't know a whole lot about Gove, beyond him being a home flipper but Home over Education is a bit of a no brainer, I think.
It does seem unlikely they're not getting one, unless one of them is being seriously rearranged. though, frankly I would think it is a good move for the Lib Dems to have some distance next time they face voters (and I say that as a Lib Dem voter)
And that is if he under sells his past - given his time in the SBS he could probably just give them and unsettling smile to do the job
He is a very, very credible figure but he is very left leaning for a Lib Dem an probably not trusted to kill a few Tories with his bare hands
Which would make more sense. Gove is a big military geek and I suspect would have loved Defence, but Fox has had that sown up for a while. I get the impression he'd prefer Home to Education as well.
I don't know a whole lot about Gove, beyond him being a home flipper but Home over Education is a bit of a no brainer, I think.
, that does leave the LibDems in arguably secondary roles with the traditional Big Three roles (Home, Foreign, Chancellor) all in Tory hands. Given the scope of the coalition I'd have expected at least one of them to go to a LibDem.
It does seem unlikely they're not getting one, unless one of them is being seriously rearranged. though, frankly I would think it is a good move for the Lib Dems to have some distance next time they face voters (and I say that as a Lib Dem voter)
Ashdown would be pretty good in Defence.
"What do you know about military matters?"
"I was in the Royal Marines and ruled Bosnia for four years."
"Fair enough."
It's also notable that Brown offered Ashdown a role (as Northern Ireland Secretary) in his cabinet in 2007, so he is seen as a potentially viable figure, although more on the left than the right.
"What do you know about military matters?"
"I was in the Royal Marines and ruled Bosnia for four years."
"Fair enough."
It's also notable that Brown offered Ashdown a role (as Northern Ireland Secretary) in his cabinet in 2007, so he is seen as a potentially viable figure, although more on the left than the right.
And that is if he under sells his past - given his time in the SBS he could probably just give them and unsettling smile to do the job
He is a very, very credible figure but he is very left leaning for a Lib Dem an probably not trusted to kill a few Tories with his bare hands
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Britain has a new Prime Minister
- 11/05/2010 08:12:50 PM
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Oh, right, I had totally forgotten that...
- 11/05/2010 08:14:31 PM
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Nope. The Tories can form a minority government and risk the danger of collapsing.
- 11/05/2010 08:18:31 PM
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That is what is being reported. From the Guardian quoting an unnamed Lib Dem MP
- 11/05/2010 08:30:52 PM
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But at the price of PR, no doubt.
- 11/05/2010 08:32:02 PM
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Not much of a price, I suspect
- 11/05/2010 08:49:38 PM
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The new cabinet is starting to come together.
- 11/05/2010 09:46:03 PM
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Defence is now updated to Fox according to Sky
- 11/05/2010 10:54:58 PM
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Yeah, just saw that coming through.
- 11/05/2010 11:00:25 PM
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That one is a surprise to me, I expected Clegg to get it in some form
- 11/05/2010 11:06:36 PM
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They're back to talking about Gove as Home Secretary.
- 12/05/2010 12:01:44 AM
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Heh, he has at least been barely caught up in the expenses scandal
- 12/05/2010 12:20:46 AM
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*Raises hand*
- 11/05/2010 10:00:22 PM
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Ick.
- 11/05/2010 10:15:13 PM
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How utterly delightful.
- 11/05/2010 10:17:15 PM
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*NM*
And now we have a new government. The LibDems have signed up wholeheartedly.
- 12/05/2010 12:16:31 AM
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And I now think I can class myself as a former Lib Dem voter
- 12/05/2010 12:33:28 AM
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What would you have them do?
- 12/05/2010 09:32:57 AM
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There are more than two choices
- 12/05/2010 10:20:35 AM
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- 12/05/2010 10:20:35 AM
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The only problem is that would mean returning a labour majority within 12 months
- 12/05/2010 11:36:47 AM
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They should have, since they didn't get enough important ministerial posts to compensate.
- 12/05/2010 01:42:07 PM
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Re: They should have, since they didn't get enough important ministerial posts to compensate.
- 12/05/2010 02:13:19 PM
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What about Northern Ireland? For the love of God, what about Northern Ireland?!?!?! *NM*
- 12/05/2010 05:00:37 AM
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What about it? Their parties won't be in the government.
- 12/05/2010 10:27:50 AM
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Well some very interesting things happened
- 12/05/2010 11:45:36 AM
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I was constantly checking up on Fermanagh & South Tyrone during the recounts.
- 12/05/2010 01:16:50 PM
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There are no firm plans on how to deal with the north joining the republic
- 12/05/2010 03:19:52 PM
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I think what he means is that saying "Britain" instead of "the UK" technically excludes NI. *NM*
- 12/05/2010 01:06:56 PM
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Nick Clegg is the first ever Deputy PM without an actual ministerial role.
- 12/05/2010 01:22:49 PM
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- 12/05/2010 01:41:12 PM
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Maybe.
- 12/05/2010 01:47:16 PM
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