tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post1819316662311795408..comments2024-03-29T14:09:49.674+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Calls for Kenneth Clarke to be shadow chancellor growJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-9501604892300672052008-11-15T16:16:00.000+00:002008-11-15T16:16:00.000+00:00I'd split your definitions:Leader in good timesLea...I'd split your definitions:<BR/>Leader in good times<BR/>Leader in bad times<BR/>Opposition in good times<BR/>Opposition in bad times<BR/><BR/>David Blunkett, for example, was a furious opponent but a dreadful minister.Charliemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964488383299624526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-34051999280151858452008-11-15T14:14:00.000+00:002008-11-15T14:14:00.000+00:00Blair wasn't good for anything after his first ter...Blair wasn't good for anything after his first term - or perhaps that was when good times turned to bad. Nick Clegg is, on your list, now clearly in the wrong job. I wouldn't include Darling in either of those lists. Huhne? Featherstone (proving how tough she is at the moment, very honest)? Ros Scott (she is still political, even as Party President)? Hoon (he has made a good start at DfT, but needs to prove he can carry it through, I suppose)?dreamingspirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324207120279777521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-65431133528141480552008-11-15T14:02:00.000+00:002008-11-15T14:02:00.000+00:00Rather like the last man on the moon being the fir...Rather like the last man on the moon being the first scientist, Ken Clarke was the first competent chancellor appointed by the Thatcher/Major administrations.Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-60461091269055894642008-11-15T12:14:00.000+00:002008-11-15T12:14:00.000+00:00I wish Osborne stays. But then again, I'm no frien...I wish Osborne stays. But then again, I'm no friend of the Conservative Party.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com