Dream team cabinet.

[johnloony]

Re-reading this thread, I am wondering whether it might be a good idea to have two Secretaries of State for Wales: one for the North, and one for the South. Someone mischievous might appoint David Lloyd George for the South and Aneuran Bevan for the North.

[johnloony]

Feb 11, 2016 15:21:54 GMT @jamesdowden said:

Feb 11, 2016 4:21:57 GMT johnloony said:

Re-reading this thread, I am wondering whether it might be a good idea to have two Secretaries of State for Wales: one for the North, and one for the South. Someone mischievous might appoint David Lloyd George for the South and Aneuran Bevan for the North.

But which one's Radnorshire in? Or do you propose appointing a separate Chancellor of the County of Radnorshire (the ultimate in sinecures)?

I suppose they could have a plebiscite to decide the border between "North" and "South". Or a civil war, or whatever.

[carlton43]

Feb 12, 2016 2:17:58 GMT johnloony said:

Feb 11, 2016 15:21:54 GMT @jamesdowden said:

But which one's Radnorshire in? Or do you propose appointing a separate Chancellor of the County of Radnorshire (the ultimate in sinecures)?

I suppose they could have a plebiscite to decide the border between "North" and "South". Or a civil war, or whatever.

I endorse a civil war to the last man.

[pragmaticidealist]

Was just thinking about this.

Prime Minister - Clement Attlee
Deputy Prime Minister - Denis Healey
Chancellor - David Lloyd-George
Health - Aneurin Bevan
Education - Jennie Lee
Housing - Harold Macmillan 
Foreign Secretary - William Gladstone
Home Secretary - Roy Jenkins
Defence - Winston Churchill
Trade and Industry - Robert Peel
Transport - John Peyton
Welfare - Tony Benn
Scotland - John Smith
Wales - Ron Davies
N Ireland - Mo Mowlam
Environment - David Attenborough 
Constitutional Reform - Shirley Williams
Chief Whip - Margaret Thatcher (assuming I could brainwash her to be sympathetic to the government's programme) 


In essence a very charismatic government led by a notably uncharismatic individual. 

[catking]

Seen this thread for the first time. Amazed how rarely Ernest Bevin crops up in the thread.

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PM - Boris Johnson
Foreign Secretary - Jacob Rees-Mogg
Home Secretary - Kwasi Kwarteng
Defence Secretary - Rory Stewart

Not sure about the rest

[yellowperil]

Jun 13, 2018 16:38:15 GMT @conservativeestimate said:

PM - Boris Johnson
Foreign Secretary - Jacob Rees-Mogg
Home Secretary - Kwasi Kwarteng
Defence Secretary - Rory Stewart

Not sure about the rest

I was thinking of starting another thread as the opposite to the dream team one- the cabinet from hell. 

But I'm too late -I see it's already started.

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Jun 13, 2018 16:38:15 GMT @conservativeestimate said:

PM - Boris Johnson
Foreign Secretary - Jacob Rees-Mogg
Home Secretary - Kwasi Kwarteng
Defence Secretary - Rory Stewart

Not sure about the rest

youve changed your mind. Where did Ken Clarke and Anna Soubry go

[greenhert]

My dream team cabinet (MPs/peers past and present):

Prime Minister: Caroline Lucas
Chancellor of the Exchequer: David Steel
Home Secretary: David Alton
Foreign Secretary: Martin Bell
Defence Secretary: Roy Mason
Environment Secretary: Baroness (Jenny) Jones of Moulsecoomb
Transport Secretary: Anthony Crosland
Health Secretary: Dr Richard Taylor
Business, Skills and Innovation Secretary: Roy Jenkins
Work and Pensions Secretary: Frank Field
Education Secretary: Shirley Williams
Secretary of State for Scotland: Mhairi Black
Secretary of State for Wales: Dafydd Wigley
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland: Gerry Fitt

Minister for Cornwall: David Penhaligon
Local Government & Communities Secretary: John Pardoe

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Jun 13, 2018 21:56:01 GMT @priceofdawn said:

Jun 13, 2018 16:38:15 GMT @conservativeestimate said:

PM - Boris Johnson
Foreign Secretary - Jacob Rees-Mogg
Home Secretary - Kwasi Kwarteng
Defence Secretary - Rory Stewart

Not sure about the rest

youve changed your mind. Where did Ken Clarke and Anna Soubry go

Dream team (Remain edition)

PM - Ruth Davidson
Chancellor - Ken Clarke
Home Secretary - Anna Soubry 

[johnloony]

Jul 20, 2015 0:48:17 GMT johnloony said:

Prime Minister: Margaret Thatcher
Deputy PM: Peter Mandelson
Home Secretary: Roy Jenkins
Foreign Secretary: Paddy Ashdown
Chancellor of the Exchequer: George Osborne
Defence: Alan Clark
International Development: Nicholas Ridley
Education: Michael Gove
Health: David Cameron
Trade & Industry: Keith Joseph
Scotland: Rory Stewart
Wales: Michael Heseltine
Northern Ireland: Roy Mason
Constitutional Reform: Jacob Rees-Mogg
Employment: Ernest Bevin
Housing: Clement Attlee
Transport: Harold Macmillan
Welfare: Gavin Barwell
Environment & Climate Change: Simon Hughes
Local Government: Enoch Powell
Lord Chancellor / Justice: Maureen Colquhoun
Minister for Women & Equalities: Tulip Siddiq
Agriculture, Food & Rural Affairs: Megan Lloyd George
Culture, Media & Sport: Winston Churchill
Leader of the House of Lords: Norman Tebbit

I have decided to do a reshuffle.

Chancellor: Nigel Lawson
Brexit Secretary: Michael Gove
Housing: Gavin Barwell
Welfare: Frank Field
Education: Peter Hitchens