LibDems Trump Tories on Youth
The Liberal Democrats have done a re-shuffle. At a recent Party meeting the previous 25 members of the LibDem shadow cabinet members and a few invited guests ran around the room until the music stopped.
Young Sarah Teather, 31 next month, pictured, managed to get the local government chair and Norman Lamb got the trade and industry one. Foreign affairs spokesman Sir Menzies 'the Merciless' Campbell, Treasury spokesman Vince Cable and home affairs spokesman Mark Oaten all kept their chairs.
Some meanie took four chairs out whilst the music was playing, reducing the front bench to 21. Phil Willis, Paul Burstow, Paul Keetch and Malcolm Bruce all were left standing. Lord Razzel didn't get a chair either, but will be allowed to come along to the shadow cabinet pass-the-parcel sessions anyway - as long as he brings his own jelly and ice cream.
Teather: Twelve pinter
Young Sarah Teather, 31 next month, pictured, managed to get the local government chair and Norman Lamb got the trade and industry one. Foreign affairs spokesman Sir Menzies 'the Merciless' Campbell, Treasury spokesman Vince Cable and home affairs spokesman Mark Oaten all kept their chairs.
Some meanie took four chairs out whilst the music was playing, reducing the front bench to 21. Phil Willis, Paul Burstow, Paul Keetch and Malcolm Bruce all were left standing. Lord Razzel didn't get a chair either, but will be allowed to come along to the shadow cabinet pass-the-parcel sessions anyway - as long as he brings his own jelly and ice cream.
Teather: Twelve pinter
Interesting to hear you describe the LibDem front bench as their 'Shadow Cabinet'. I'd always thought of that as a moniker which only applies to the second party.
Oh, I get it now.
Posted by
Matt |
Thu May 19, 09:11:00 am
sorry - typo.
That should have read "shallow cabinet"
my mistake, obviously didn't poof-read it.
B
Posted by
Ben |
Thu May 19, 11:10:00 am