Kemi Badenoch’s time is up!

[PR1Berske]

Shadow Cabinet so far:

Shadow Chancellor: Mel Stride (Central Devon)
Shadow Foreign Sec: Dame Priti Patel (Witham)
Shadow Justice: Robert Jenrick (Newark)
Shadow Education Sec: Laura Trott (Sevenoaks)
Shadow Chief Whip: Dame Rebecca Harris (Castle Point)

Joint Chairmen: Nigel Huddleston (Droitwich and Evesham); The Lord Johnson of Lainston

 

[Rebecca Riot]

Priti Patel is Shadow Foreign Secretary.

To quote Elton John, the bitch is back.

 

[Sue]

To quote Elton John, the bitch is back.

She's awful but so are gendered insults so let's not.

 

[Lotte]

Keep your enemies close.

 

[smokedout]

She doesn't have to be perfectly competent, or even competent, she just has to be less of a walking disaster than any of her competition.

I didn't see the BBC thing, though - was it really bad?

I think she has to do better than that. Keeping the Tories together whist placating Reform and bringing them into the fold will be no mean feat. I share your fears though, I think she could be around for a long time yet.

On the other hand she's only held briefs at trade, which probably suited her, and equalities where she just got to play at the culture war. She hasn't really been tested and how she stands up to that remains to be seen. She's clearly got a temper, a knack for making enemies, a loose relationship with the truth and a habit of saying daft things under pressure. It wouldn't surprise me if she crashes and burns.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

It's very weird. On one hand she makes her big issue to tackle about hating woke culture. On the other hand she is a woman, black and incompetent. If it wasn't her she'd be shouting that she only got the job because of her sex and the colour of her skin.

 

[PR1Berske]

Press release from Central Office

Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer: Mel Stride MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs: Dame Priti Patel MP

Shadow Home Secretary: Chris Philp MP

Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Alex Burghart MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Defence: James Cartlidge MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Justice: Robert Jenrick MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Education: Laura Trott MP

Shadow Health and Social Care Secretary: Ed Argar MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Kevin Hollinrake MP

Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Victoria Atkins MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade: Andrew Griffith MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero and Shadow Minister for Equalities: Claire Coutinho MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: Helen Whately MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Transport: Gareth Bacon MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport: Stuart Andrew MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology: Alan Mak MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland and Shadow Minister of State for Energy and Net Zero: Andrew Bowie MP

Shadow Secretary of State for Wales and Shadow Minister for Women: Mims Davies MP

Opposition Chief Whip (Commons): Dame Rebecca Harris MP

Shadow Leader of the House of Commons: Jesse Norman MP

Shadow Leader of the House of Lords: Lord True

Co-Chairmen of the Party: Nigel Huddleston MP & Lord Johnson

Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury: Richard Fuller MP

Also attending

Parliamentary Private Secretary: Julia Lopez MP

 

[Pickman's model]

Press release from Central Office

what's your view on julia lopez?

 

[Plumdaff]

I can't decide if the most Tory name is Gareth Bacon or Mims Davies.

 

[brogdale]

Philp as Shad HS; talk about scraping around in the bottom of the barrel

 

[Pickman's model]

I can't decide if the most Tory name is Gareth Bacon or Mims Davies.

barry gammon would be the most tory name, but out of the two you highlight it would be mims bacon.

 

[planetgeli]

Lord True sounds like a dystopian comic book character.

 

[brogdale]

Lord True sounds like a dystopian comic book character.

Genuinely Orwellian

 

[pbsmooth]

 

[brogdale]

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he really is such a creepy cunt

 

[Pickman's model]

Lord True sounds like a dystopian comic book character.

you know everything he'll say is a lie

 

[bluescreen]

Adam Bienkov on Xitter points out:

So far Kemi Badenoch's "fresh start" has involved appointing:

• A Shadow Justice Secretary who wants to quit the ECHR
• A Shadow Chancellor who wants to take away maternity rights
• A Shadow Foreign Secretary who was sacked for holding secret meetings with a foreign government

 

[brogdale]

Saw a report from a GB News commentator describing Badenoch's collective picks as the "shallow cabinet"

 

[SpookyFrank]

Shadow Cabinet so far:

Shadow Chancellor: Mel Stride (Central Devon)
Shadow Foreign Sec: Dame Priti Patel (Witham)
Shadow Justice: Robert Jenrick (Newark)
Shadow Education Sec: Laura Trott (Sevenoaks)
Shadow Chief Whip: Dame Rebecca Harris (Castle Point)

Joint Chairmen: Nigel Huddleston (Droitwich and Evesham); The Lord Johnson of Lainston

Stride's seat is pretty vulnerable IIRC.

 

[Lotte]

Yes, Tim, you have a femdom fetish and there's nothing wrong with that but you don't have to be quite so blatant about it, you know?

 

[brogdale]

Stride's seat is pretty vulnerable IIRC.

2024 majority of just 61, but seems very unlikely that as many will vote LP next time...

 

[scifisam]

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Is that him calling her mummy? Isn't she basically the same age as him, from the looks of his picture? Even more bizarre than usual.

 

[maomao]

2024 majority of just 61, but seems very unlikely that as many will vote LP next time...

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Had a lot more to do with Tories not turning up or voting Reform than the 2,000 or so extra votes Labour got.

 

[brogdale]

Had a lot more to do with Tories not turning up or voting Reform than the 2,000 or so extra votes Labour got.

Yeah, unlikely to happen again. The vermin that survived the cull will surely be safer next time.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Yeah, unlikely to happen again. The vermin that survived the cull will surely be safer next time.

Possibly. Or they genuinely go down the electoral plughole and Reform or similar replace them.

 

[brogdale]

Possibly. Or they genuinely go down the electoral plughole and Reform or similar replace them.

Not a betting man, but if I were, I'd put £ on the refUKer corporation having peaked electorally.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Not a betting man, but if I were, I'd put £ on the refUKer corporation having peaked electorally.

Historically the Tories have been survivors but this time, I think my money would stay in my pocket. There has been a pattern across the Western neoliberal world of traditional parties collapsing. That hasn't happened here since the demise of the Liberal party a century ago, but I do think it could happen here. Think the Gaullists in France (who bizarrely have the PM right now, but whose vote has totally collapsed).

 

[Pickman's model]

Historically the Tories have been survivors but this time, I think my money would stay in my pocket. There has been a pattern across the Western neoliberal world of traditional parties collapsing. That hasn't happened here since the demise of the Liberal party a century ago, but I do think it could happen here. Think the Gaullists in France (who bizarrely have the PM right now, but whose vote has totally collapsed).

Tbh we've written off the tories so often it'd be a bold not to say foolhardy thing to write them off now

 

[Pickman's model]

Not a betting man, but if I were, I'd put £ on the refUKer corporation having peaked electorally.

I think they have as farage isn't really one to run a party which is run as a party. And he has a record of running away from groups. I think a fiver on him no longer being leader at the next ge would be a pretty safe bet

 

[Pickman's model]

Yeah, unlikely to happen again. The vermin that survived the cull will surely be safer next time.

And I reckon they'll have 200+ seats next time round