Karlos- Location: Dover
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Haven't seen a picture of Charlie walking up Downing Street yet.
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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He was there standing behind the new PM,he could be seen on the TV.
Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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Yes Charlie was in the group,picture however Karlos means Charlie has not been invited into number 10 to be appointed to the cabinet .Wait and see glad to see Daviv Davis has a post.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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There is normally a gap between cabinet appointments and junior minister appointments so Charlie won't be too concerned. I find it difficult to believe that the clown Johnson is Foreign Secretary.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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In that role it might take him time to normalise relations with Turkey after the limerick he wrote about their President's alleged caprine sexual preferences.
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Bob Whysman
- Registered: 23 Aug 2013
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It looks like a 'divide and rule' cabinet scenario developing.
Putting Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary may be a shrewd move on Theresa May's part to put him in a position where he has to work hard to help make Brexit work, if he is up to the job. If he's not..........another adversary removed.
Charlie could well be in line for the post of Immigration Minister being well versed in the problems of migrant camps and the problems they are causing to freight traffic and others within his area.
If this happened perhaps we could rename the Border Control posts, 'Checkpoint Charlie'?
Do nothing and nothing happens!
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Reginald Barrington
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I suspect he'll keep his job as whip, May may see him as loyal but it's a close run thing between loyal and arse kissing, I reckon she'll come to the latter conclusion.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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She has closed down the Notting Hill set but promoted this bloke.
Brian Dixon
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yeah ok
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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DDC had a cabinet role called Agenda 21 Jim Rees from Deal the member who covered that post .Came in under Labour .Did not last long.Paul may recall this.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Charlie has been relegated to the back benches probably because of his links with the old regime.
Guest 1266- Registered: 8 May 2014
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Doubtful as he has good links with the new regime. This is more likely to be about ability or should I say lack of.
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Sue Nicholas- Location: river
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Where did you find that snippet Howard I agree he was very much the old regime.He might have got into the picture with Mrs May ,but she know her stuff and I don't think Charlie would fit in with her style
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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On Charlie's FB page Sue. didn't seem unduly bothered about it.
Reginald Barrington- Location: Dover
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I guess she went for the latter option!
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Neil Moors- Registered: 3 Feb 2016
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I am surprised Charlie hasn't got even the most junior of junior Ministerial positions. Particularly so given his increased profile of recent days and near photo bombing of PMs past and present!
Two ways of looking at it, I guess, the first being that May is dishing out all sorts of Brexit jobs to keep the Members happy - and in a sense, giving responsibility for those who want it to go and get it. Smart. As such, Boris is a risky appointment but I notice that many key responsibilities were shifted out of the FCO immediately before his appointment, and the civil servants will do all the work, so all he needs to do is stick to his brief......
The second way of looking at it is that this reshuffle gets her settled, and some more key supporters will get positions next time around.
Button
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 22 Jul 2016
- Posts: 3,003
Savvy move, or perhaps with ears like his he just got fed up of the noise from next door.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51491662
Good for him, anyway; virtute et industria and all that.
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Jan Higgins
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- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,782
Maybe the " aides" do not always get their own way after all, I assume the majority if not all were civil servants.
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