The more I watch Gordon's emergency press conference, with its talk of presbyterian conscience, and honesty, I more it becomes apparent that this is a simple re-arrangement exercise.
The Spectator note that this is the most un-democratic government since the war cabinet of the Second World War.
7 ministers are now drawn from the Lords or shall be appointed to the Lords. This creates a serious democratic deficit, something Gordon famously aimed to abolish.
It is perhaps that, this democratic deficit, which is the real loser in this botched reshuffle. He may be drawing upon the Lords but his Commons authority shall now be severely tested.
Authority is now simply flowing from Number 10. For how long is now in the hands, almost entirely, of Labour MPs.
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