Topic: New UK Government

[reddebs]

Time to start discussing our new government and how it deals with all the issues that need sorting.

Angela Rayner the first into number 10 as Sir Keir starts appointing his first cabinet ministers.

[KillieRed]

It’s a Wait & See for me.

Money is tight, but surely with their whopping Majority they can move on social issues/undo a lot of Tory madness quite quickly? I hope they surprise me (in a good way) and are much more progressive than they let on.

[Walshy nMe®]

Very left leaning parliament now so fingers crossed a lot of the Tory shite is undone quickly.

[Wabaloolah]

Rayner in charge of Housing Communities and Levelling Up, gives her a really important portfolio, and Deputy PM

[Draex]

God Yvette Cooper is going to be an exceptional home secretary, especially after the vile cretins who have been it recently.

[Wabaloolah]

Rachel Reeves confirmed as first Female Chancellor

[FlashingBlade]

4-3-3 for me!

[reddebs]

All good moves so far 👍

[9 kemlyn road]

God Yvette Cooper is going to be an exceptional home secretary, especially after the vile cretins who have been it recently.

Absolutely without question the best appointment for Home Secretary.watching her as shadow H/S regularly destroying whatever flavour of the month Home Secretary the tories appointed was a master craft everytime .especially when it was pritti Patel getting her arse handed to her .

[oldfordie]

 Wonder how the markets have reacted to Labours win. Pound up I assume.
More investment and jobs will come in

[oldfordie]

God Yvette Cooper is going to be an exceptional home secretary, especially after the vile cretins who have been it recently.

She will be, she tore Patel and Braverman apart regularly so will be interesting to see who the new Tory leader appoints as shadow HS.

[Draex]

She will be, she tore Patel and Braverman apart regularly so will be interesting to see who the new Tory leader appoints as shadow HS.

Probably the cleaner they've got no-one left, and I expect more will quit.

[oldfordie]

Probably the cleaner they've got no-one left, and I expect more will quit.

Whose had the most Hols abroad going by recent appointments.

[Wabaloolah]

Wonder how the markets have reacted to Labours win. Pound up I assume.
More investment and jobs will come in

pound up 0.26% against the Euro, FTSE 100, up early doors but down 47 points before the close

[Kekule]

Absolutely without question the best appointment for Home Secretary.watching her as shadow H/S regularly destroying whatever flavour of the month Home Secretary the tories appointed was a master craft everytime .especially when it was pritti Patel getting her arse handed to her .

The way she handled Cleverly was brilliant as well, often acting like she knew he was better than the stuff he was being made to come out and defend, and that she knew that he knew it too. She had that  ”not angry James, just disappointed” look and tone down to a tee.

[oldfordie]

pound up 0.26% against the Euro, FTSE 100, up early doors but down 47 points before the close

Thanks, am sure there must be more confidence in the competency of Labour.

[Red Beret]

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Wasn't sure if this should be in the election thread or here, but it probably doesn't matter at this point lol

[Andy @ Allerton!]

If someone has the time and resources - can we get a list of 'stuff' that we can see at the top of the thread - like homeslessness, deficit and all the rest.

Be good if someone can say 'well - we HAVE done something there' and have the original and new stats to prove that.

[Dr. Beaker]

Probably the cleaner they've got no-one left, and I expect more will quit.

They'll be fighting tooth and nail to avoid the shadow HS  job.

[Schmidt]

If someone has the time and resources - can we get a list of 'stuff' that we can see at the top of the thread - like homeslessness, deficit and all the rest.

Be good if someone can say 'well - we HAVE done something there' and have the original and new stats to prove that.

This is something I've been thinking about for a while, not for RAWK but for Labour themselves to do. A website that distills changes to the things that matter to voters down to clear and concise graphs and numbers would be great, and would provide some much needed transparency after years of "look over there!".

[cdav]

Rachel Reeves tells Treasury: "I will judge my time in office a success if I know that, at the end of it, there are working-class kids from ordinary backgrounds living richer lives, their horizons expanded, and their potential realised."

Perfectly put

[Sangria]

Rachel Reeves tells Treasury: "I will judge my time in office a success if I know that, at the end of it, there are working-class kids from ordinary backgrounds living richer lives, their horizons expanded, and their potential realised."

Perfectly put

Cue that video of the current Deputy PM meeting the former Labour Chancellor and gushing about how much she owed to him.

[Skeeve]

Time to start discussing our new government and how it deals with all the issues that need sorting.

Angela Rayner the first into number 10 as Sir Keir starts appointing his first cabinet ministers.

Cabinet minister announcements so far:

   Angela Rayner - Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
   Rachel Reeves - Chancellor of the Exchequer
   David Lammy - Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
   Yvette Cooper - Home Secretary
   John Healey - Secretary of State for Defence
   Pat McFadden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
   Wes Streeting - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care;
   Shabana Mahmood - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
   Bridget Phillipson - Secretary of State for Education
   Ed Miliband  - Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
   Liz Kendall - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
   Louise Haigh - Secretary of State for Transport
   Jonathan Reynolds - Secretary of State for Business and Trade
   Lisa Nandy MP - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
   Hilary Benn - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
   Ian Murray - Secretary of State for Scotland
   Jo Stevens MP - Secretary of State for Wales
   Lucy Powell - Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons
   Baroness Smith of Basildon - Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords
   Alan Campbell - Chief Whip
   Darren Jones - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
   Richard Hermer KC - Attorney General

[Sangria]

This is something I've been thinking about for a while, not for RAWK but for Labour themselves to do. A website that distills changes to the things that matter to voters down to clear and concise graphs and numbers would be great, and would provide some much needed transparency after years of "look over there!".

Someone, possibly Parliament.uk, has archives of what pollees deem to be the most important political issues from month to month. Immigration was for years one of the big three, along with the economy and the NHS, until supplanted by Europe around Feb 2016.

[Sangria]

Cabinet minister announcements so far:

   Angela Rayner - Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
   Rachel Reeves - Chancellor of the Exchequer
   David Lammy - Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
   Yvette Cooper - Home Secretary
   John Healey - Secretary of State for Defence
   Pat McFadden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
   Wes Streeting - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care;
   Shabana Mahmood - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
   Bridget Phillipson - Secretary of State for Education
   Ed Miliband  - Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
   Liz Kendall - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
   Louise Haigh - Secretary of State for Transport
   Jonathan Reynolds - Secretary of State for Business and Trade
   Lisa Nandy MP - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
   Hilary Benn - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
   Ian Murray - Secretary of State for Scotland
   Jo Stevens MP - Secretary of State for Wales
   Lucy Powell - Lord President of the Council, and Leader of the House of Commons
   Baroness Smith of Basildon - Lord Privy Seal, and Leader of the House of Lords
   Alan Campbell - Chief Whip
   Darren Jones - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
   Richard Hermer KC - Attorney General

Any shadows not stepping up?

[Circa1892]

Brought in a lawyer with no political ties to the party as attorney general. Great move.

Means Thornberry has got the push which is a surprise.

[Sangria]

Rayner in charge of Housing Communities and Levelling Up, gives her a really important portfolio, and Deputy PM

God Yvette Cooper is going to be an exceptional home secretary, especially after the vile cretins who have been it recently.

Rachel Reeves confirmed as first Female Chancellor

The amount of talent Labour have is wonderful, and most of them women. Starmer has been an outstanding strategist, but there are quite a number of others I'd rather see fronting the Labour effort.

Contrast with the Tories, after Johnson's wrecking job in 2019.

[Circa1892]

The amount of talent Labour have is wonderful, and most of them women. Starmer has been an outstanding strategist, but there are quite a number of others I'd rather see fronting the Labour effort.

Contrast with the Tories, after Johnson's wrecking job in 2019.

Philipson should be good aswell. Hilary Benn a brilliant pair of hands in Northern Ireland at a tricky time.

[Circa1892]

Owner of Timpsons has been made Prisons Minister - one hell of a statement that rehabilitation is centre of their approach to criminal justice.

[TepidT2O]

Owner of Timpsons has been made Prisons Minister - one hell of a statement that rehabilitation is centre of their approach to criminal justice.

Patrick Vallance science minister too

Impressive appointments

[Circa1892]

Less sure about Vallance. I’m actually of the school of thought that a Minister shouldn’t think they know more about a subject than the experts that advise them. Also Vallance was hardly faultless as Chief Scientific Advisor. I think it’s a lazy and misguided appointment. The only blemish so far.

[Wabaloolah]

Patrick Vallance science minister too

Impressive appointments

assume he'll be made a Life Peer, interesting choice

[Draex]

The amount of talent Labour have is wonderful, and most of them women. Starmer has been an outstanding strategist, but there are quite a number of others I'd rather see fronting the Labour effort.

Contrast with the Tories, after Johnson's wrecking job in 2019.

All these young and brilliant people need a calm and grey leader to keep it all together, it’s a good team. I’m really looking forward with hope. So many experts in their fields rather than mates to make money.

[TepidT2O]

I have spoken to the BMA junior doctors committee, and can announce that talks to end their industrial action will begin next week.

We promised to get negotiations up and running and that is what we are doing.

https://xcancel.com/wesstreeting/status/1809303687367672162?s=61&t=IBM61bzNciP9yNB3C-HiEg

This could and should have happened months ago. There is no good reason why it didn’t

[Skeeve]

Less sure about Vallance. I’m actually of the school of thought that a Minister shouldn’t think they know more about a subject than the experts that advise them. Also Vallance was hardly faultless as Chief Scientific Advisor. I think it’s a lazy and misguided appointment. The only blemish so far.

In the case of science, he's more likely to be in a position of actually being able to understand more of what he is being told as opposed to tory ones that did think they knew more than the experts.

[Millie]

I'm liking what I'm seeing so far.

[reddebs]

I'm liking what I'm seeing so far.

Same here.  A serious leader who knows how to build a strong team of capable people.

[Lisan Al Gaib]

One of his first acts has been to scrap the Rwanda scheme 

[Libertine]

Interesting choices for Lammy's initial calls....


@DavidLammy
This government will reconnect Britain to build a better future.

Great to have my first calls today with:

🇺🇦 FM @DmytroKuleba
🇺🇸 @SecBlinken
🇮🇪 Tánaiste @MichealMartinTD
🇦🇪 HH @ABZayed
🇰🇾 Premier Juliana O'Connor-Connolly
🇬🇾 @presidentaligy

[Lisan Al Gaib]

I think the last two were to show support following the devastation of Hurricane Beryl over the last few days