We can't find any modern day examples (in the last hundred years) of politicians with shorter cabinet careers. David Blunkett's second cabinet appointment lasted months, rather than days. Unless you know better. Danny Alexander, the new Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has yet to make a public appearance. Five years ago he was the PR man for the Cairngorms National Park Authority, now he is one of the men in charge of reducing the deficit - it is a meteoric rise. Some suggest the net result of all this will be a tightening of George Osborne's grip on the Treasury, which given the bad news ahead may or may not be something he relishes.
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