The government of all the talents starts to break up
Peter Hoskin 5:30pm
So, Sir Digby Jones - the trade minister, and the first non-politician to be appointed to Brown's 'government of all the talents' - has told the BBC that he's going to quit his role before the end of this year. It's hardly surprising news - he was alleged to have confirmed the same to a private meeting of business leaders back in April, although he played down those reports. But it's still bad news for our Prime Minister. After all, the public will surely see it as further evidence that HMS Brown is sinking, and that the crew would rather jump overboard than stick by the captain.
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Richard
August 22nd, 2008 5:54pm Report this comment'the crew would rather jump overboard than stick by the captain'. You fail to mention those among the crew who would rather feed the captain to the sharks.
Austin Barry
August 22nd, 2008 6:41pm Report this commentMiliband does rather remind me of the cabin boy on the Good Ship Venus. Gordon beware.
Tanuki
August 22nd, 2008 7:01pm Report this commentTBH I never understood why - given his past involvement with the CBI - Digby Jones ever agreed to play along with the Dark Side.
There again, I recall a venture-capitalist form a decade ago saying that he identified businesses-vulnerable-to-takeover by looking for those whose directors spent time getting involved in CBI committees rather than looking after the shop.
Elizabeth Elliot-Pyle
August 22nd, 2008 8:19pm Report this commentFrankly, I thought the "government of all the talents" had died a death many months ago.
Nicholas
August 22nd, 2008 11:01pm Report this commentNo, it just became "the government of keeping all the talents out and ensuring all the useless incompetents remain within".
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