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Independent on Sunday - United Kingdom
Published: Jul 08, 2007
LORD ASHDOWN may have spurned his advances, but Gordon Brown's team draws on
talents beyond politics. Some, such as Sir Mark Malloch Brown, are government
members, while others, like Lord Stevens, advise. And he has given youth its
chance - including Ed Miliband and James Purnell. A Cabinet minister's
salary is pounds 136,677.
' GOVERNMENT OF ALL THE TALENTS'
Prof Sir Ara Darzi
Armenian-born surgeon
Baroness Neuberger
Lib Dem spokesperson on health in the Lords
Baroness Shirley Williams
SDP co-founder and Lib Dem peer
Lord Stevens
Ex-Met police commissioner
Sir Digby Jones
Outspoken former leader of the CBI
Sir Mark Malloch Brown
Ex-deputy general secretary of UN
Admiral Sir Alan West
Ex-First Sea Lord
RISING STARS
Yvette Cooper
Ex-'Independent' journalist - married to...
Ed Balls
Ultra loyalist and influential Brownite
BIG HITTERS
Jacqui Smith
High-flying ex-teacher
David Miliband
Slick son of Ralph Miliband - brother of Ed
Alistair Darling
Scottish, dour, safe... remind you of anyone?
Gordon Brown
Longest-serving chancellor for over a century
David Cameron
Suprise choice to be leader in 2005
BIG HITTERS
David Davis
Challenged Cameron for leadership
George Osborne
Once tipped to be next Tory PM
RISING STARS
William Hague
Ex-leader and acclaimed public speaker
Michael Gove
Former 'Times' neo-con journalist
Sayeeda Warsi
First Muslim woman on Tory front bench
Caroline Spelman
New Tory chairman
Adam Afryie
Promoted to Tory front bench
SAME OLD, SAME OLD
Dr Liam Fox
Traditional right-winger popular with grass-roots
Theresa May
Long-time Tory stalwart
NEW INFLUENCES
David Willetts
Nicknamed 'Two Brains' but gaffe-prone
Tony Lit
A Tory ten days - now fighting Ealing Southall by-election
Dame Pauline Neville-Jones
Former chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee
DAVID CAMERON promoted Michael Gove, Caroline Spelman and Sayeeda Warsi,
while David Willetts was demoted over the grammar schools fiasco. He, too, has
brought in an outside expert. Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, former chair of the
Joint Intelligence Committee, is shadow security minister. Virtually all
Shadow
From: Baghdasarian
Independent on Sunday - United Kingdom
Published: Jul 08, 2007
LORD ASHDOWN may have spurned his advances, but Gordon Brown's team draws on
talents beyond politics. Some, such as Sir Mark Malloch Brown, are government
members, while others, like Lord Stevens, advise. And he has given youth its
chance - including Ed Miliband and James Purnell. A Cabinet minister's
salary is pounds 136,677.
' GOVERNMENT OF ALL THE TALENTS'
Prof Sir Ara Darzi
Armenian-born surgeon
Baroness Neuberger
Lib Dem spokesperson on health in the Lords
Baroness Shirley Williams
SDP co-founder and Lib Dem peer
Lord Stevens
Ex-Met police commissioner
Sir Digby Jones
Outspoken former leader of the CBI
Sir Mark Malloch Brown
Ex-deputy general secretary of UN
Admiral Sir Alan West
Ex-First Sea Lord
RISING STARS
Yvette Cooper
Ex-'Independent' journalist - married to...
Ed Balls
Ultra loyalist and influential Brownite
BIG HITTERS
Jacqui Smith
High-flying ex-teacher
David Miliband
Slick son of Ralph Miliband - brother of Ed
Alistair Darling
Scottish, dour, safe... remind you of anyone?
Gordon Brown
Longest-serving chancellor for over a century
David Cameron
Suprise choice to be leader in 2005
BIG HITTERS
David Davis
Challenged Cameron for leadership
George Osborne
Once tipped to be next Tory PM
RISING STARS
William Hague
Ex-leader and acclaimed public speaker
Michael Gove
Former 'Times' neo-con journalist
Sayeeda Warsi
First Muslim woman on Tory front bench
Caroline Spelman
New Tory chairman
Adam Afryie
Promoted to Tory front bench
SAME OLD, SAME OLD
Dr Liam Fox
Traditional right-winger popular with grass-roots
Theresa May
Long-time Tory stalwart
NEW INFLUENCES
David Willetts
Nicknamed 'Two Brains' but gaffe-prone
Tony Lit
A Tory ten days - now fighting Ealing Southall by-election
Dame Pauline Neville-Jones
Former chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee
DAVID CAMERON promoted Michael Gove, Caroline Spelman and Sayeeda Warsi,
while David Willetts was demoted over the grammar schools fiasco. He, too, has
brought in an outside expert. Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, former chair of the
Joint Intelligence Committee, is shadow security minister. Virtually all
Shadow
From: Baghdasarian