tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post1411821981335394013..comments2024-01-23T16:53:02.428+00:00Comments on Mark Thompson: Ken Clarke is back!Mark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-33785181862207263012009-01-19T15:28:00.000+00:002009-01-19T15:28:00.000+00:00Indeed.A tactical move to bolster electoral chance...Indeed.<BR/><BR/>A tactical move to bolster electoral chances need not translate at all into a cabinet position. Of course ol' red-face well knows this and doubtless doesn't really care as long as he gets to play for the next 18 months. Or until he gets bored.Mark Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-55858102800813693062009-01-19T14:54:00.000+00:002009-01-19T14:54:00.000+00:00"Ken Clarke ... as described as Business Secretary..."Ken Clarke ... as described as Business Secretary - a bit premature I thought!"<BR/><BR/>This raises an interesting question. It being conventional for new PMs to shuffle between Shadow and Cabinet, there is no reason to assume - even if there is a Tory victory - that Ken Clarke will ever be Business Secretary, or even in the Cabinet.<BR/><BR/>It is entirely possible that he will serve his purpose as a useful foot-soldier and then find himself surplus to requirements in the new, Über-Cameroonian government.Liberal Polemichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05002372579024659424noreply@blogger.com