Ben Brogan has an important update to the story about the shadow Cabinet and their outside interests:
“what seems to have happened is fairly straightforward: Dave and George Osborne wanted to call time on part-timers, but when the idea got out there was a backlash behind the scenes. I’m told that three members of the Shadow Cabinet would have quit rather than give up their extra-curricular earnings, led by Mr Hague, whose outside interests brought him £230,000 this year.”
This really does call into question their commitment to the cause. One begins to wonder which job they actually regard as their first priority.
I suspect that most people who have followed this story are fairly confident that they know who the other two members who threatened to resign are. Cameron would be well advised to sack or demote one of them in the New Year reshuffle pour encourager les autres.
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