The Starmer Merry Go Round...

It was only on Monday of this week that UK PM Starmer told us that his Government was now entering “Phase Two” which was going to be all about “delivery’! Well, today delivered the traumatic resignation of the Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner for tax avoidance which in turn triggered a strange reshuffle of most of the great offices of State. Everything changed but no one changed.

So, Angela Rayner stepped down as predicted as the sea of sleaze surrounding her property dealings finally engulfed her. Clearly neither she nor Starmer wanted this to happen but the “Ethics Commissioner” Sir Laurie Magnus found that Rayner had broken the Ministerial conduct and she had nowhere left to go. So she resigned.

This then triggered the very strange reshuffle.

Her replacement as Deputy PM of the UK is David Lammy. Here is David in action some years ago. You can see what a great choice he is going to be!

Filling his shoes (pictured below) is Yvette Cooper, the waspish faced Home Secretary now shifted over to Foreign Secretary. As you know, Cooper was behind the appeal that keeps the Bell Hotel in Epping Forest OPEN for illegal migrants so I am sure she will perform similarly in the Foreign Office.

Filling her shoes in the Home Office is Shabana Mahmoud. She is tasked with protecting our borders from illegal migrants, many of whom are Muslim.

Filling her shoes is…David Lammy!

Yes, the circus rolls on.

Rachel Reeves could not be moved so close to the Christmas budget so she stays put.

This is the XX cabinet.

Chancellor of the Exchequer? Female.

Home Secretary? Female

Foreign Secretary? Female

We will need to see who wins the Labour membership election to find out the new Deputy Leader of the Party.

So in way much has changed but few people have left the cabinet and yet we are told that THIS is the one which will deliver the “change” Starmer promised on Monday.

So if this Phase 2 or Phase 3? I’ve lost count!

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