Turns out Brown’s doing the reshuffle today. First up: Johnson’s the new Home Secretary.
Of course! Why didn’t we predict that last night? If there’s any job that destroys the reputation of Labour Cabinet Ministers, it’s this – the job of death. How will Johnson be able to go through a whole year in this job without exposing himself as a Stalinist Authoritarian, trampling all over civil liberties and engaging in reckless, populist totalitarianism?
Poor Johnson. He’d managed to go his entire career without putting a foot wrong and now he’s screwed.
Letters From A Tory said...
5 Jun 09 at 9:50 am
Johnson and Miliband are truly spineless. Harriet Harman’s silence is interesting, though….
David said...
5 Jun 09 at 10:17 am
This is the lamest reshuffle I ever witnessed. Darling and Milliband are digging their heels in.
Obnoxio The Clown said...
5 Jun 09 at 10:31 am
Reality overtakes satire.
Charlotte Gore said...
5 Jun 09 at 10:37 am
That’s brilliant
Stu said...
5 Jun 09 at 10:39 am
Harman for leader would be a hilarious thought if it wasn’t such a terrifyingly plausible concept…
Is it interesting that Johnson accepted this position? Couldn’t he have quite easily turned it down? Perhaps he’s not such a big man after all…
David said...
5 Jun 09 at 12:39 pm
Milliband and Johnson have bottled it! Milliband has always been a particularly vile little man, and his obvious lack of political instincts and courage means it’s probably better if he doesn’t become leader. Johnson surprises me though, why not seize the moment?
P.S Just seen Adam Boulton on Sky News quoting an unnamed minster; “Gordon Brown only has two choices now, a slow death or a quick one.” It makes you wonder why so many of them are keen to share it.
David said...
5 Jun 09 at 12:40 pm
Apologies for the spelling, I’m off to have a beer and not watch any news for a while.
Ian B said...
5 Jun 09 at 7:00 pm
GLENYS KINNOCK!!!111!
DavidNcl said...
6 Jun 09 at 1:27 pm
Yes, Ian… To quote Obnoxio “Err…err…err”