Comments on: Blogbites #2: Shallow Cabinet

By: David Semple

David Semple — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:10:41 +0000

I think the problem goes even deeper than that. The people in question are mostly drawn from a shockingly narrow section of the population. I think there is some structural determination (or rather circumscription) from that direction as well.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:46:36 +0000

The last few weeks has sorely tested my commitment to the notion that strucutre is generally more powerful than agency, certainly i.e. that new labour ministers are ”institutionalised’ rather than arrogant gits etc..

Perhaps I should reframe the argument and say that the current structural location of the Labour party is that only those with the strategic relational capacity to act like arrogant gits have been in a position to gain favour in the ministerial echelons.

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:44:33 +0000

The problem is of course how did the majority of these people get a job, hand picked by Blair.

Falconer to day sounded like a bitter old fart telling people Brown should go, and I’m getting fed up with it all. last week we lost another 800 jobs and nobody said a word.

Lets get back to bloody politics even those the ones New labour have are not the ones I want.

because in the end the Tories are going to get back in, and to be honest they are no better.

To many politicians are parachuted into safe seat, I think that will stop as safe seats become rare