Love this concept! And great to see Jo Grimond getting some love.
Love this concept! And great to see Jo Grimond getting some love.
Would be lying if I said I wasn’t inspired by your Lib-Lab TL too!Love this concept! And great to see Jo Grimond getting some love.
Heh. Been meaning to revamp and redo that one, after I can get a proper grip on the actual geopolitical implications of Halifax bungling the war. It'll probably also have Labour end up resembling its Australian counterpart, with more defined left and right-wing factions and power struggles coming along factional lines.Would be lying if I said I wasn’t inspired by your Lib-Lab TL too!
Alan Beith Level: High.One issue: I doubt Alan Beith would rename the party to 'Centre', given that he threatened to resign from the party over being forced to sit as a 'Democrat' rather than 'Liberal Democrat'.
I have read his autobiography twice and am yet to fully understand why he of all people wanted a merger.Alan Beith Level: High.
He has the energy of ‘well I want the Liberals to be popular and strong, but you know not by changing anything about the party’.I have read his autobiography twice and am yet to fully understand why he of all people wanted a merger.
I can't remember any at the moment and I'm rearranging my bookshelves so it's currently at the bottom of a crate, sorry. I can tell you that he (wrongly) thought that he would have won Berwick regardless of the by-election by continuously working it with a 1980 estimate.He has the energy of ‘well I want the Liberals to be popular and strong, but you know not by changing anything about the party’.
Also does the Autbio have any good PoDs?
Leader of the Labour Party Leader of the Opposition | Rebecca Long-Bailey (Salford and Eccles) |
Deputy Leader of the Labour Party Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities | Angela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer | Dan Carden (Liverpool Walton) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs | Clive Lewis (Norwich South) |
Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department | Louise Haigh (Sheffield Heeley) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice | Barry Gardiner (Brent North) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence | Peter Dowd (Bootle) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology | Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero | Rachael Maskell (York Central) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade | Richard Burgon (Leeds East) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions | Alex Norris (Nottingham North) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care | Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Education | Olivia Blake (Sheffield Hallam) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport | Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities | Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport | Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland | Ian Lavery (Wansbeck) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland | Grahame Morris (Easington) |
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales | Ruth Jones (Newport West) |
Chair of the Labour Party National Campaign Coordinator | Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) |
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Tony Lloyd (Rochdale) |
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | Sam Tarry (Ilford South) |
Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales | Imran Hussain (Bradford East) |
Shadow Leader of the House of Commons | Gill Furniss (Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough) |
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons | Mohammad Yasin (Bedford) |
Shadow Leader of the House of Lords | Baroness Smith of Basildon |
Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords | Lord McAvoy of Rutherglen |
Is it bad that I really like that Shadow Cabinet? Very, very good stuff.Shadow Cabinet of Rebecca Long-Bailey
As of October 2023
Leader of the Labour Party
Leader of the OppositionRebecca Long-Bailey (Salford and Eccles) Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Shadow Secretary of State for Women and EqualitiesAngela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne) Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Dan Carden (Liverpool Walton) Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Clive Lewis (Norwich South) Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department Louise Haigh (Sheffield Heeley) Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Barry Gardiner (Brent North) Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Peter Dowd (Bootle) Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood) Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Rachael Maskell (York Central) Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade Richard Burgon (Leeds East) Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Alex Norris (Nottingham North) Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow) Shadow Secretary of State for Education Olivia Blake (Sheffield Hallam) Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West) Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree) Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough) Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough) Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Ian Lavery (Wansbeck) Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Grahame Morris (Easington) Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Ruth Jones (Newport West) Chair of the Labour Party
National Campaign CoordinatorJeremy Corbyn (Islington North) Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Tony Lloyd (Rochdale)
Also attending shadow cabinet meetings:
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Sam Tarry (Ilford South) Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales Imran Hussain (Bradford East) Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Gill Furniss (Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough) Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons Mohammad Yasin (Bedford) Shadow Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Smith of Basildon Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords Lord McAvoy of Rutherglen
Is the PoD before or after the 2019 election? I assume before and with a different result if Corbyn's the National Campaign Coordinator.Shadow Cabinet of Rebecca Long-Bailey
As of October 2023
Leader of the Labour Party
Leader of the OppositionRebecca Long-Bailey (Salford and Eccles) Deputy Leader of the Labour Party
Shadow Secretary of State for Women and EqualitiesAngela Rayner (Ashton-under-Lyne) Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Dan Carden (Liverpool Walton) Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Clive Lewis (Norwich South) Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department Louise Haigh (Sheffield Heeley) Shadow Secretary of State for Justice Barry Gardiner (Brent North) Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Peter Dowd (Bootle) Shadow Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood) Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Rachael Maskell (York Central) Shadow Secretary of State for Business and Trade Richard Burgon (Leeds East) Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Alex Norris (Nottingham North) Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow) Shadow Secretary of State for Education Olivia Blake (Sheffield Hallam) Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West) Shadow Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Paula Barker (Liverpool Wavertree) Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Andy McDonald (Middlesbrough) Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough) Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Ian Lavery (Wansbeck) Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Grahame Morris (Easington) Shadow Secretary of State for Wales Ruth Jones (Newport West) Chair of the Labour Party
National Campaign CoordinatorJeremy Corbyn (Islington North) Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Tony Lloyd (Rochdale)
Also attending shadow cabinet meetings:
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury Sam Tarry (Ilford South) Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales Imran Hussain (Bradford East) Shadow Leader of the House of Commons Gill Furniss (Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough) Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons Mohammad Yasin (Bedford) Shadow Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Smith of Basildon Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords Lord McAvoy of Rutherglen
Good point, I wasn’t sure whether he would have recovered enough by now to be Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.Is it bad that I really like that Shadow Cabinet? Very, very good stuff.
One thing though, Tony Lloyd stood down for health reasons and from what I recall had/s long COVID
The result is the same - Corbyn suggested he wanted to be Shadow Foreign Sec I think during the leadership contest, and I think Long-Bailey would have offered him a role, but perhaps not such a huge role as she’s keen to try and bring new talent through the Shadow Cab.Is the PoD before or after the 2019 election? I assume before and with a different result if Corbyn's the National Campaign Coordinator.