Daily Archives: 28 June 2007

Reshuffling to victory

It’s still sinking in, but first reactions?

Yay! 6 years since Straw left the post, we get to call someone Jack Boot again. Okay, Jacqui Boot.
Will Ruth Kelly abolish public transport on Sundays?
Des Browne to be defence AND Scotland? Are we going to be fortifying Hadrian’s Wall?
Geoff Hoon as Chief Whip. Not sure putting him in charge of the troops is a good idea. Look at Iraq.

How many newspapers and blogs will use the following headline: “A woman’s place is in the Home Office“? Is it even worth counting?

If Wales forms an historic coalition government between two former enemies, and not a single UK newspaper bothers to give it more than a paragraph of attention, did it happen?