Any trans person who uses gender-affirming care to help them feel more aligned with their body will recognize something in these words. Transition is literally a journey of rediscovery. When one has access to the care one desires, it is also a journey of wonder. Waking up each morning and feeling a little bit more like yourself because of how you look in the mirror, how your limbs move, how you smell, etc.—it’s not something to be taken for granted. It is a revelation. Before the extraordinary political summer of 2015 and the birth of the new politics, if one notion was as inconceivable as Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party it was John McDonnell as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Asked whether he “supported” the appointment, Hilary Benn, the Shadow Foreign Secretary, replied that McDonnell “is the choice Jeremy has made”. It was a pointed comment about the most controversial of many controversial appointments to the latest iteration of what Victor Wiseman (1966) called “this peculiarly British phenomenon”. The official opposition, and the shadow cabinet in particular, is expected to play the role of a ‘government in waiting’. In the event of a change of governing party, members of the shadow cabinet might expect to take up the role they have been shadowing. This does not always happen, however, and a new prime minister may decide to allocate roles to their team differently once they are in government. In 2010, for instance, David Cameron appointed shadow home secretary Chris Grayling as a minister of state in the Department for Work and Pensions, while Kenneth Clark was moved from the shadow business portfolio to become secretary of state for justice. This particular move from shadow cabinet to cabinet was more complicated than usual due to the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition.

Starmer said that having “put in the hard yards to change the Labour party”, it now had a “strong team on the pitch” in the run-up to the election that could deliver the change the country needed. Hillary Benn becomes shadow Northern Ireland secretary, while Darren Jones becomes shadow chief secretary to the treasury The Shadow Cabinet was last reshuffled in late November 2021, as is made up of the following members of the Labour Party:Labour’s education team also wants to rebrand the government’s Unit for Future Skills as Skills England, with a brief to “meet the skills needs of the coming decade across all regions, and ensure we can deliver our climate investment pledge.” Phillipson said the new body would “bring together businesses, unions and training providers to work in partnership, leading a national mission to upskill our country”.

Each member of the Cabinet has an equivalent in the Shadow Cabinet. On behalf of the Opposition (the Labour Party), the relevant Shadow Cabinet Member scrutinises the work of the opposing Cabinet Minister. They offer criticism both in Parliament and on the media. So Elle turns her husband to stone, Theo and Milo are getting close and Milo turns out to be bloody Lucifer (honestly, what?), Leonie is galavanting trying to find her brother and Hale and obviously gets used and hexed by him, and Luke is helping to kill witches. Meanwhile, Ciara takes over Nimah's life, lets in a demon for a bit to kill someone, kills Hale, discovers her memories, poisons Theo, becomes High Priestess, tries to kill off humans for a bit and then somehow we're supposed to just ignore everything she's done and accept she's here to stay now and not going to destroy the world? As a mark of discipline, shadow ministers are expected to speak within and not outside their portfolio areas. [6] Cultural applications [ edit ] Shadow Cabinet members have since been appointed by the Party Leader, the same process as utilized by the Conservative Party when they are in opposition. Are Shadow Cabinet members paid?

Beneath the level of Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet, additional Labour MP’s fulfil the roles of Shadow Ministers. First Minister Mark Drakeford has said Welsh Labour will govern alone but will work with other parties on a "case-by-case basis" The Opposition Chief Whip in the House of Commons, the opposition Chief Whip in the House of Lords, and the Shadow Leader of the House of Lords are technically not members of the Shadow Cabinet. However they do often attend Shadow Cabinet meetings. These roles also receive an additional stipend, as does the opposition Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Commons. Shadow Cabinet – Ministerial Experience Would have appreciated more Theo, more Holly, even more Elle—honestly Elle is the unsung hero of this story, intentionally so, and I love her for it. Not every witch needs to be glamorous or 100. Elle’s got a heart of gold and must be protected at all costs—even Ciara thinks so! All the results for the English local elections are in and the Conservatives made significant gains adding 13 councils to its tally while Labour lost control of eight

Thangam Debbonaire, previously shadow leader of the House of Commons, was made shadow culture secretary, taking over from Lucy Powell in a direct job swap But I think this does give a wobble to Labour's sentiment. He has critics on the left who have already used this as an opportunity to pile in and push him to try to change direction. We’ve seen quite a lot of Keir Starmer allies - people that he’s pretty close to - elevated into more senior jobs. Pat McFadden has been given the job of shadow cabinet office minister. That’s a really important job if Labour gets into government because he’d essentially be in charge of the machinery of government. Within its first year in office a Labour government would set up a publicly owned energy company. The policy was another major announcement in Keir Starmer’s speech to the party conference in Liverpool. Sir Keir Starmer has vowed "Labour must change" as he unveils his "refreshed and renewed" team after a shadow cabinet reshuffle

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I loathe Luke being brought up to be a witchhunter and on a mission to seek out witches in Hebden Bridge. He gives up the vicar, Sheila, like she's nothing to temporarily save Niamh. His character is destroyed in this book. One senior ally said the reshuffle would “put round pegs in round holes”, bring in heavyweight experience – including a handful of MPs with experience as ministers and aides – and put the party on an election footing by bolstering its political operation. She will actually go to another big job, she'll be the shadow chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, a fancy name for being somebody who will be very senior indeed in the team who will face off in the House of Commons against Michael Gove. Shadow Cabinets offer parties both a means of opposing the government, and a ready-made replacement, while offering voters a rival team to choose from. Shadow Cabinets evolved from cliques and cabals, with greater formalisation occuring as early as 1836, when Peel summoned members of his former Cabinet to oppose Melbourne’s ministry. Asquith cared more for the convention than did his successor, and indeed in 1926 Lloyd George dropped it altogether. When Labour became the official opposition in 1922 the body became more politic. Churchill’s Shadow Cabinet in 1945 was a fortnightly lunch, until the scale of the Government’s programme forced discipline on it. The Shadow Cabinet is made up of the senior members of the largest party not in government, known as Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition.

Members of the Shadow Cabinet also help develop policy on behalf of the Opposition, policy which is then ready to be implemented, should there be a change of government Appointment to Shadow Cabinet Luke's plot I also enjoyed, examining incels and masculinity but with a magical spin. Yes it's a bit obvious - there's no subtlety when the men are basically exclaiming that they need to kill all witches to regain their power, but it was a well thought out plot nonetheless that ultimated in a well worked showdown at HMRC.Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour Leader, is the only member of the Shadow Cabinet to receive an additional salary on top of his salary as an MP. The narrative was not nearly as tight as the first book. There was entire plot lines that happened that felt very unnecessary. Mostly talking about Leonie's entire middle section of the book.