Guardian Utd (Friday): The New Cabinet

Jack Rabbit

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Fri May-06-05 04:36 PM
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Guardian Utd (Friday): The New Cabinet

From the Guardian Unlimited (UK)
Dated Friday May 6

The new cabinet
Press Association

This is the full list of the new cabinet announced by Downing Street tonight:

Prime minister: Tony Blair

Deputy prime minister: John Prescott

Chancellor of the Exchequer: Gordon Brown

Foreign secretary: Jack Straw

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Anarcho-Socialist

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Fri May-06-05 04:45 PM
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1. "Home secretary: Charles Clarke"

Damn it, can't Blair appoint a Home Secretary who isn't an authoritarian-conservative instead?

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bennywhale

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Fri May-06-05 04:50 PM
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2. Big Brothers watching you

we're fucked now. ID cards forced through and a law a day keeps the terrorists away mentality will increase. In fact he might be reading this better go quick,

might be seen as inciting debate

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Anarcho-Socialist

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Fri May-06-05 05:06 PM
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3. I think ID cards will have a tough time going through the Commons

because of the make-up of the new Parliament, that is unless the Tories decide to support ID cards.

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bennywhale

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Fri May-06-05 05:17 PM
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4. I'm fairly convinced they will

the way they were talking before the election they say they no longer oppose them on principle (what principles?). Probably get something watered down and the spineless lib dems will back em as well.

I just worry a lot the way civil liberties are almost laughed at by New Labour and a lot of politicians now.

These are the most precious things we have in a democracy.

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T_i_B

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Sat May-07-05 04:00 AM
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6. Many Conservative MP's do support ID cards

so you never know.

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non sociopath skin

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Sat May-07-05 03:56 AM
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5. Apparently not.

All about wanting to seem even more Macho Stinky-Pooier on Laura Norder than the Party of the Night.

And they don't come much Stinky-Pooier than Big Charlie...

Gordon??? Can you hear me?? Social Democracy ... I said SOCIAL DEMOCRACY!!!!

The Skin

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Anarcho-Socialist

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Sat May-07-05 04:05 AM
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7. I wish Blair would just stop trying to impress the Daily Mail altogether

Edited on Sat May-07-05 04:06 AM by Anarcho-Socialist

they're never ever ever ever ever going to support the Labour Party.

In the time that Labour spent flexing it's muscles to The Sun and The Express we could have had Social Democracy by now. 8 years and not enough has changed.

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LeftishBrit

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Sun May-08-05 08:02 AM
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8. Oh no, not many changes

Ruth Kelly is still education secretary - can't stand her! Charles Clarke as Home Secretary, ugh ugh ugh, why doesn't Blair appoint Ken Clarke instead, he'd be more liberal! I'm glad that Geoff Hoon isn't defence secretary any more, but PLEASE not John Reid; he was so horrible as Health Secretary. And as for David Blunkett!!! Why doesn't Blair appoint Genghis Khan instead, he'd be more liberal!!!

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