In his interview with the Daily Telegraph, David Cameron drops a heavy-hint that a shadow cabinet reshuffle is in the offing:
“I think I have a very good team, but there is always ways of involving the best and bright and I’d always look at that,” he said. “I don’t want to get into specifics on names on that.”
As Gaby Hinsliff noted yesterday, the reshuffle won’t happen until the investigation into Caroline Spelman reports which isn’t expected to be until towards the end of January. Regardless of the verdict, Cameron should appoint a new chairman. He needs a heavy-hitter in that slot going into an election campaign.
One area where Cameron needs to be decisive is telling the shadow cabinet to give up their second jobs. The part-time nature of the shadow cabinet is a strategic vulnerability that the Tories need to close down. It is past time for Cameron to tell the shadow cabinet to go full time.
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