David Cameron has been assembling his cabinet, having presumably purchased it flat-packed from Ikea’s POLLITIKS range. But I think he might have to take it back, because it’s missing some bits. Specifically, women. At the time of writing, there are just two women in this Cabinet, and one of them is unelected. And one of [...]
Whatever the outcome of the post-election negotiations, somebody’s going to be unhappy. The Daily Mail and its chums have already tagged any increasingly unlikely Lib/Lab pact a “coalition of the losers” with an unelected Prime Minister, and have made it clear that such a government would be tormented and harangued throughout its consequently short existence. [...]
So we continue to wade around in uncertain waters, putting our bare feet down on one surprising object after another. The Tories and Lib Dems negotiating a coalition? Gordon Brown going without being (too obviously) pushed? The Conservatives offering a referendum on electoral reform? Honestly, at this point I wouldn’t be too surprised to find [...]