First news trickling in for Brown's cabinet. Miliband Major is to be Foreign Secretary. Fair reward for not standing against Brown but is he really up to it? Would not have thought he had the gravitas but we'll see.
Doesn't exactly gladden the heart and actually feel bit sorry for Margaret Beckett - however she should have stood up a bit more for her anti-Trident principles because the outcome would have been the same ie the sack. And Douglas Alexander gets Hilary Benn's job, which doesn't bode particularly well for the Deputy Leadership candidate. Hewitt has already resigned so looks as though this cabinet will be more or less alpha male only. Daresay Yvette Cooper and Dawn Primarolo will get something but that, as Blair (missing him already) said yesterday, is probably that. Harman's been shunted aside and will be v surprised if Blears gets a look-in. Frankly, feel utterly disengaged. Brown's Labour is going to be even further removed from Real Labour. So probably best to numb the senses.
PS: Talking of which last night shared the champagne had got in store for Blair's departure. It tasted pretty flat.
Thursday, 28 June 2007
MILIBAND REWARDED - BENN LOSES JOB
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Environment is a substantially more important job than DFID, much as he loved that and thrived there.
My champagne was reassuringly bubbly and I kept the glass at least half full at all times.
On what basis exactly?
bit wide of the mark here old boy...
You should be pleased with Miliband's appointment. Privately anti war
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