If the incoming Prime Minister does buckle to media and city pressure not to appoint Ed Miliband as Chancellor it will be an ominous sign of things to come, argues Adam Bienkov
Oh Jeez, he wouldn't would he? Please God no!! But thus far I've seen posts from well respected people saying Streeting was favourite, then Ed, then Reeves would keep her job, then Cooper was favourite, now it's Mahmood .... We'll know on Monday - not long to wait
If another Labour leader goes down the blue rabbit hole, having promised so much better, they really are going to be following the Tories down the drain.
However there are good signs, like one of his strategists coming from Hope Not Hate.
Fingers crossed that Labour notices that Binface is doing better than Farage in the national polls, and learns the necessary lessons.
If AB does not choose Ed as chancellor (and he absolutely should then Cooper would be a reasonable second choice. She read PPE for her BA and Economics for her MSc from the LSE. She was an economic policy researcher for Shadow Chancellor John Smith in 1990 and later she became a policy advisor the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Harriet Harman. Mahmood meanwhile has a BA in Law and no economics experience whatsoever. FWIW, this should be hisese should be the big six in Burnham's first Cabinet IMO
Ed Miliband: Chancellor
Yvette Cooper: Chief Sec to the Treasury
Rosena Allin-Khan:Sec of State for Health (with Beccy Cooper as Minister of State)
Lucy Powell: Sec of State for Education and Deputy Prime Minister
Ian Byrne: Sec of State for Work and Pensions
Tony Vaughan: Sec of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor
Ellie Reeves: Attorney General
Bell Ribeiro-Addy: Sec of State for the Home Department
Emily Thornberry: Sec of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Miatta Fahnbulleh:Sec of State for Energy and Climate Change
Clive Lewis: Sec of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Jess Phillips Sec of State for Culture, Media, social media and Sport AND for Women and Girls
Oh Jeez, he wouldn't would he? Please God no!! But thus far I've seen posts from well respected people saying Streeting was favourite, then Ed, then Reeves would keep her job, then Cooper was favourite, now it's Mahmood .... We'll know on Monday - not long to wait
If another Labour leader goes down the blue rabbit hole, having promised so much better, they really are going to be following the Tories down the drain.
However there are good signs, like one of his strategists coming from Hope Not Hate.
Fingers crossed that Labour notices that Binface is doing better than Farage in the national polls, and learns the necessary lessons.
If AB does not choose Ed as chancellor (and he absolutely should then Cooper would be a reasonable second choice. She read PPE for her BA and Economics for her MSc from the LSE. She was an economic policy researcher for Shadow Chancellor John Smith in 1990 and later she became a policy advisor the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Harriet Harman. Mahmood meanwhile has a BA in Law and no economics experience whatsoever. FWIW, this should be hisese should be the big six in Burnham's first Cabinet IMO
Ed Miliband: Chancellor
Yvette Cooper: Chief Sec to the Treasury
Rosena Allin-Khan:Sec of State for Health (with Beccy Cooper as Minister of State)
Lucy Powell: Sec of State for Education and Deputy Prime Minister
Ian Byrne: Sec of State for Work and Pensions
Tony Vaughan: Sec of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor
Ellie Reeves: Attorney General
Bell Ribeiro-Addy: Sec of State for the Home Department
Emily Thornberry: Sec of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Miatta Fahnbulleh:Sec of State for Energy and Climate Change
Clive Lewis: Sec of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Jess Phillips Sec of State for Culture, Media, social media and Sport AND for Women and Girls
Dan Jarvis Sec of State for Defence