So that's it, then, is it, Dave? You demote the one man in the cabinet, Michael Gove, who has actually achieved a roll-back of socialism in our schools, and you chicken out of sacking Ian Duncan Smith who let it be known in no uncertain terms that he would not go quietly. And for the absolutely critical job of appointing 'our man in Brussels' you chose an ex-PR consultant, Lord Hill, about whom 'nobody knows nothing'! Remind me, Dave, what was your non-job before you entered politics ... ah, yes, public relations. Anyway, it was out with the old and in with the new irrespective of anything really, let alone intelligence and ability, and as your marketing expeience will have taught you, rebranding, or at least, repackaging, can sometimes work. A few more ladies on the 'telly' during the election run-up is not a bad idea but only if they're hot - and most female pols are hideous! - or, if they actually know whereof they speak - and that's a rarity.
Still, nobody (ie, me!) gives a stuff for who is minister of works, pensions and/or equal opportunities because there are only two really serious appointments. The first is your PR man, Lord Hill, and he couldn't be more mysterious if he was head of MI6! Then there is your foreign secretary, and you have chosen Phillip Hammond, a man described by Quentin Letts (a shrewd judge of men) in The Mail as "a crashing bore". Nothing wrong in being boring, especially in the Foreign Offce. However, I just hope he recognises that his first and main enemies, worse than the Brussels lot, are the ardent Europhiles in the Foreign Office. If he can treat them with the well-deserved contempt he showed for our generals and admirals at the Ministry of Defence then he might be in with chances.
Still, Dave, at least you can comfort yourself that life is now rather simple, so even you should be able to manage. There are only two items on your agenda as prime minister. The first is to win the next election, and the second is to get us out of the clutches of the EU. Right, carry on!