Hunt out, Miller in

[french frank]

And then there's the new Culture Secretary who gives her political interests as 'housing, education and media'. Background in PR, marketing, advertising...



[Ed: Now separated from thread on Arts Council - ff]

[VodkaDilc]

And then there's the new Culture Secretary who gives her political interests as 'housing, education and media'. Background in PR, marketing, advertising...

For all his (many) faults, I did see the outgoing one at the Proms last week.

[french frank]

For all his (many) faults, I did see the outgoing one at the Proms last week.

Is there a Minister for the Arts? That would seem a much more important (to us) post. Culture, Media and Sport relegates the arts to an undefined bit of Culture.

And here's what @chiggi reminds us about.

And more doom at the prospect of Miller. The next BBC Charter Review is in about 2015. Who knows what to pray for among the few election possibilities?

[french frank]

Is there a Minister for the Arts?

The answer appears to be, No, not exactly.

But there is Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Culture, Communications and Creative Industries)

Leads on:

Arts
Museums and Galleries
Media
Telecoms and Broadband
Digital Switchover
Creative Industries
Libraries

Subject to any change in the reshuffle: it is/was Ed Vaizey. Hmmm.

[amateur51]

Marvellous!

Fewer women and gay men in the Cabinet, a law minister with no legal qualifications, a health minister who's a fan of homeopathy, it really couldn't be better

And the big elephant in the room? Francis Maude - nary a comment. He sits undisturbed, slashing away at the civil service

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SSSSSHE was on Newsnight 10 days ago obfuscating on a very tight line....being very unconvincing and limited in information and anything at all interesting.....

....except for the Newsnight bit, quite like me in fact....

[Gordon]

Not a Schoene Millerin then?

[Lateralthinking1]

Marvellous!

Fewer women and gay men in the Cabinet, a law minister with no legal qualifications, a health minister who's a fan of homeopathy, it really couldn't be better

And the big elephant in the room? Francis Maude - nary a comment. He sits undisturbed, slashing away at the civil service

And the first time in 15 years that all 27 have been white!!!!

Gay men - Laws to Education. Every other gay man on the Government benches should have been given precedence over him.

Women - Justine Greening to International Development. A victim. Should by rights be the leader of the Conservative Party.

Fiddling parliamentary expenses pays dividends. Hard work and sticking to principles doesn't pay at all.

Maude - Somehow I'd momentarily forgotten him. A very dangerous individual. Bad news that he is still in post.

Hunt - Consistently useless and occasionally highly questionable. Not a fan of the NHS. Hence promoted to Health.

Grayling - Started in the SDP. Now seemingly attempting to become as right wing as was David Waddington.

Elsewhere, the Green Belt is increasingly at risk as Pickles and others remain where they have been.

Miller - Hardly know her. Mainly an advertising background. Don't like the appointment at all on paper. BBC beware!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

,,, as Connolly said of Mexican nosh, it is the same old hash, just re-folded

[MrGongGong]

Marvellous!

Fewer women and gay men in the Cabinet, :

but what about the closet ?

[Serial_Apologist]

As some bright spark remarked on Toady this morning, Hunt's associations with the Murdoch empire done him no harm.

[Lateralthinking1]

Maria Miller is quite a smooth operator on the basis of this clip.

Ironically, she reminds me a little of Caroline Thomson and there's a bit of Clare Balding in her demeanour too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGW6jAvXUw4

This is the first time I have ever seen her and I follow politics very closely.

A strong minded individual who works hard away from the cameras or a nonentity who just does what she is told?

Time will no doubt tell us!!