Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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8 September 2009
07:4028589#1
Miserable whingeing toady Alan Duncan, remember him, the shadow Leader of the House who complained that the MP's were all living on half rations since they were found out..since the gravy train game was up..was been elbowed out into the career sinking long grass. He has lost his job.
David Cameron has re-assigned him into political outer mongolia, or to put it another way, into a position outside the cabinet. He becomes Pensions Minister. So its a serious demotion for Alan Duncan, who always looks a might strangulated in appearance, almost as if he is wearing a 14 1/2 collar when he clearly should be wearing a 16. But that aside I think its good news for the Conservative image to get Duncan out of the front line. His thinking flew in the face of the Cameron insistence on better cost conscious politics. It took a while though to see him pushed out, perhaps the holiday season played a part in that.
Latest reports on R4 this morning suggests Sir George Young is stepping into the role of Shadow Leader of the House. He is a respected figure by all sides and being older should give the Cameron fronline a bit of much needed gravitas.
Guest 645- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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8 September 2009
08:2028590#2
PaulB
I thought Duncan had been made Shadow Prisons Minister but whatever its a demotion and took the political pundits by surprise when it was announced late last night. Credit where its due,Well done Cameron.
Marek
I think therefore I am (not a Tory supporter)
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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8 September 2009
08:2228591#3
Marek you are absolutely right..It is indeed Shadow Prisons Minister!
Sid Pollitt
8 September 2009
10:5928592#4
I'm not sure he deserved to be sacked, doesnt the Tory party need mavericks? They've just so cuddly and voter friendly especially when they're moaning about living on rations, running down the NHS, telling us that their moats are their business when we've paid to get them cleared out etc etc etc, etc etc etc
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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8 September 2009
18:5028607#5
mr duncan was trying to come across as one of the lads, with his sharp suits, bouffant hairdos and appearance on "have i got news for you".
the penny never really dropped with him that we do not really want "jack the lad" types leading us.
i think his career will just fade into oblivion now, his ego will not stand being on the backbenches.
Guest 674- Registered: 25 Jun 2008
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8 September 2009
19:3228610#6
He was silly to him,self actually as leader of house got support cross party hes probably blown all that now
but when labour gets back him they might put him back in that position