Progress is launching a bit of fun for you all in the run up to the announcement of Gordon Brown’s new Cabinet on potentially 28 June – a competition to see who gets closest to both the members of Cabinet and their respective roles. (People emailing from [email protected] will be excluded…) A bottle of champagne will be awarded to the person who gets closest to the final Cabinet line-up.
In the event of a tie-break, we are asking people to nominate one unexpected person who you thinks deserves to be in a Gordon Brown Cabinet of ‘all the talents’. Progress staff will make a judgement on the basis of wittiness or whether the person nominated is genuinely talented, so no bias there…
To submit your line-up please email Progress at [email protected] listing your Cabinet positions with names, your idea for the tie-break question, your name, address and contact telephone, with the words ‘Cabinet competition’ in the email title. Current Cabinet roles are listed underneath, but remember some of them might change – if we will be looking for winning entries to get as close to the new Departmental role as possible. The winning entry and the runners up will be posted on the website.
Current Cabinet roles (as at 5th May 2006 from Downing St. website)
- Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service
- Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State
- Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Leader of the House of Commons, Lord Privy Seal
- Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
- Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Secretary of State for Health
- Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- Minister for the Cabinet Office and Social Exclusion; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and for Wales
- Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
- Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor
- Secretary of State for International Development
- Secretary of State for Education and Skills
- Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Minister for Women
- Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
- Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Secretary of State for Defence
- Secretary of State for Transport and for Scotland
- Minister without Portfolio and Labour Party Chair
- Chief Whip
- Chief Secretary to the Treasury
(There is no need to include roles for people attending Cabinet – but you can send them through for a laugh if you like).