Friday, 29 June 2007

Cameron's Reshuffle

Following the trend set by Iain Dale, let's see how I do in predicting Cameron's reshuffle. I wonder whether he will reach out to those outside parliament like GB.

DC - my phone is always on - Europe Minister would be good. Better not hold my breath though.

It's over to you now to tell me where I'm wrong. It's more difficult than you think putting a Cabinet together... Trying to bring in new faces means that you inevitably leave talented people out. One saving grace is that I'm not doing it for real. Oh well - here goes...

Chancellor - George Osborne - a move is unlikely

Foreign Affairs - As one of our best orators, I would like to see William Hague annihilate Harriet Harman. Also, as one of the most popular MPs as far as the grassroots are concerned, he will be able to sell the reforms to the Party and build upon Francis Maude's excellent work. So, I think Sir Malcolm Rifkind should be our Shadow Foreign Secretary.

Home Affairs - I would like David Davis to take up the helm at Defence. Home Affairs should go to Chris Grayling

Justice - Theresa Villiers

Health - Liam Fox

Chairman of the Party & Leader of the Commons - William Hague

Environment - Alan Duncan

Defence - David Davis

DFID - Caroline Spelman

Education - Michael Gove

Higher Education - Julie Kirkbride

Work and Pensions - Philip Hammond

Transport - Francis Maude

Trade and Industry - Grant Shapps

Attorney General - Dominic Grieve or Shailesh Vara

Communities - Theresa May

Chief Whip - Patrick McLoughlin

Northern Ireland - Lord Trimble (Lords) and David Lidington (Commons)

Wales - Cheryl Gillan / David Jones

Scotland - David Mundell

Chief Secretary to the Treasury - Nick Herbert

DCMS - Ed Vaizey

Leader in the Lords - Tom Strathclyde

Policy Chief and Duchy of Lancaster - Oliver Letwin

Social Exclusion - Iain Duncan Smith

Housing - Maria Miller

Olympics - Adam Afriyie

Children, Youth Justice - Justine Greening

Africa, Asia & UN - Andrew Mitchell

2 comments:

Daran said...

You were remarkably close - pretty much all the right notes (even the ones beyond the hearing of most people), but not necessarily in the right order as Eric Morcambe might say.

William said...

Made me think..the list is quite long.. What happened to the small shadow cabinet?