A prediction

[undyingking]

John Cruddas to join the Cabinet in next week's reshuffle, in a significant role. You saw it here first¹. A year ago, it would have been unthinkable -- a Bateman cartoon made flesh. But with the current financio-political situation, the time could just be right for a gesture that reaches out to Labour's base, adds some support to the contention that they are actually concered about ordinary people's welfare, etc. I'm not sure I would expect any other prominent left-wingers to be brought in -- but Alan Johnson might get promoted I guess, as he must surely be the heir presumptive now that David Milliband appears to have shot his bolt?

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1 Unless you saw it somewhere else first. Please don't tell me that this theory has already been all over the papers.

Comments

[jackfirecat.livejournal.com]

I saw it here first. It would take a spin of LHC proportions to wipe out the apparent past agenda of being 'incredibly relaxed about some people getting incredibly rich' (and some of them not paying taxes as non-doms, including members of parliament) of the last 11 years.

small black holes in the economy might happen, and another risk is strange matter millibands, but the latter are thought to be incredibly unlikely.

Actually, my attempt at a conceipt has run away with me. Clearly they will wait till next year's party conference before doing something, /deciding whether they will or not, and in these volatile times, who knows where we will be by then. About the time the LHC may be up to speed.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

This talk of spin and wiping-out may call more for hurricane imagery. We won't be in Kansas any more, that's for sure.