I couldn't resist this from this morning's FT editorial:
True, Mr Cameron has in the name of party management thrown some bones to the backbenches. But this has led him to promote rightwingers of questionable ability, such as Owen Paterson and Chris Grayling, while demoting some able performers from the left, such as Ken Clarke.
Oh, so true.
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Take 60 seconds out of your day to give a minute’s silence in memory of Grant Schapps’ time as Housing Minister.
Perhaps during that reflection we can remember the time that Angela Lansbury spent as Health Secretary (Murder, He Wrote), and to spare a thought for his successor, the Minister for Radio Four Rhyming Slang, who on each television appearance, to avoid blinking nervously, will stare at the camera in the sort of wide-eyed fashion that makes him appear as though he has just been goosed but cannot decided whether he enjoyed it or not.
Perhaps the promotion of Hunt to Health is a devious plot to stop the BBC reporting anything about the NHS…
Making Chris Grayling Justice Minister is a oretty clear sign that Cameron intends to step up his assault on Human Rights legislation. Time was when human rights were seen as a keystone of civilised society.