Abandon Ship
Lord Drayson, Minister of State for Science and InnovationIf the government can't even find members of its own party to support it, why should anyone else? Brown is so toxic these ferrets won't even taint themselves by serving at the lowest rung of his administration.
Dawn Primarolo, Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families
Vernon Coaker, Minister of State for Schools and Learners
Rosie Winterton, Minister of State for Local Government & Regional Economic Development
Bob Ainsworth, Secretary of State for Defence
Phil Hope, Minister of State for Care Services
David Hanson, Minister of State for Policing, Crime and Security
Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development
Vera Baird, Solicitor General
Liam Byrne, Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Stephen Timms, Financial Secretary
Angela Eagle, Minister of State for Pensions and the Ageing Society
This government shouldn't be allowed to limp on until May, someone needs to take it round the back of the sheds with a shotgun right now.
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I think you have to ask what benefit there is becoming a PPS right now:
1) They won't get anything done. There's no time and the Civil Service will back-pedal anything likely to be reversed post-election.
2) They don't get paid any more than an MP.
3) There's no hope of a ministerial post through it. There's no time to climb the ladder, and any surprise posts will be allocated on loyalty to Brown, not ability.
After reading Mr Watts expose about the ranks of the Labour Party and all the childish in-fighting, I'm not surprised.
Labour aren't fit to run a Jumble Sale, let alone a country - The General Election cannot come soon enough.
Good spot about the empty jobs but it's a shame if the Tory party's official line on this is that the government can't be doing its job properly unless all the posts are filled.
The story should be that it shows how much padding there has been in ministerial / PPS ranks - and these empty posts show how government could be cut back.
But perhaps the lure of using those posts as patronage to keep Tory MPs happy under any Cameron government is too great :-)
Old Stuff, TB. This snippet has been around since the Autumn. interesting to see that the problem is still around, though. you could always do a weekly summary - weeks since last filled. That would certainly keep twisting the barb.
"its" NOT "it's"
Amazing how we're at war, but Labour cannot find an MP willing to serve the Secretary of State for Defence....
Like that line Silent Hunter, Labour aren't fit to run a jumble sale
I like the shotgun idea. Wound only though, so the suffering is prolonged. You know, like as if they'd been in Afghanistan or Iraq.
There are too many politicians in Parliament already
Far too many
MoS for Pensions and the Ageing Society? This has to be a joke...right?
"Richard Manns
I think you have to ask what benefit there is becoming a PPS right now:"
In the private sector, something similar would be a good addition to the CV, no matter how short the tenure.
It is obvious that taking a new position implies support for the Govt's lunacy. Would you do that?