Saturday, May 15, 2010

Five Things You Never Knew About Our New Ministers

1. Lord Howell, Minister of State, FCO, would like Japan to become a member of the Commonwealth.
2. The new Minister of State at the Department of Health, Simon Burns, is a chain smoker.
3. Henry Bellingham, PUSS at the FCO, was called 'Mouse' at school, a nickname he retains to this day. Great in negotiations.
4. Lynne Featherstone's first act as junior Home Office Minister was to slag off her own government for its 'equalities' record.
5. Nick Harvey, the new Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence, managed to speak out in favour of the Eurofighter and against it, all within the space of a month.
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14 comments:

  1. CurmyMay 15, 2010 10:56 am

    I heard Lynne Featherstone whingeing on the radio, and assumed it was sour grapes because she hadn't got a job !

    Why's Norman Lamb not been given one ?

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  2. KronosMay 15, 2010 11:03 am

    so no change there then - a government of plonkers

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  3. ThomasMay 15, 2010 11:04 am

    One senses you aren't particularly happy with the coalition!

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  4. Roger ThornhillMay 15, 2010 11:04 am

    I heard LynneF's stream of non-sequiturs on R4 yesterday*.

    She was monstered by Kirsty Alsop who beat her about the head with a reason stick.

    LF clearly has been free to spout this particular canard in front of people who will nod for way too long.


    * World at One, I think.

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  5. Mirtha TidvilleMay 15, 2010 11:13 am

    Why should England tremble eh???

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  6. davidcMay 15, 2010 11:17 am

    inconsistency has never been a bar to high political office in the past so why should it be different now ?

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  7. Norton FolgateMay 15, 2010 11:37 am

    The idiocy continues.

    Nothing new, just a change of management.

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  8. Not a sheepMay 15, 2010 11:39 am

    Will Norman Baker use his new position to access information about the 'suicide' of Dr David Kelly?

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  9. James GMay 15, 2010 12:17 pm

    "Nick Harvey, the new Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence, managed to speak out in favour of the Eurofighter and against it, all within the space of a month."

    A bit like David Cameron on Nick Clegg...

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  10. Gordon BrownMay 15, 2010 12:32 pm

    What was it the other day you were saying about "Oxbridge grads are very intelligent and it's great that they are in the Cabinet rather than UEL grads"?

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  11. AnonymousMay 15, 2010 12:38 pm

    'Simon Burns is a chain smoker'. To be pedantic, I think not. It's a physical impossibility — unless his office is on the roof.

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  12. wildMay 15, 2010 1:19 pm

    In any competition Lynne Featherstone has to be a strong contender for the most stupid MP in the Country.

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  13. MatelotMay 15, 2010 2:11 pm

    I always thought Nick Harvey was a 'rent-a-gob'. All his pronouncements on TV news have been simple soundbites designed to put him in the best light.

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  14. WilliamMay 15, 2010 2:55 pm

    David Cameron visited the Scottish Parliament within a few days of becoming PM--something his predecessor NEVER DID AT ALL while he was PM. (Narked at losing to the SNP in 2007)

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