Ed Miliband's shuffle (I refuse to say reshuffle for obvious reasons of English usage) of his shadow cabinet have included the sacking of Diane Abbott, formerly his shadow Minister for Public Health. I have rather mixed feelings about this.
Ms Abbott is a committed socialist and I'm not; indeed, I am fairly opposed to most of her views as to how our society should be organised, managed and run. However, I do respect her opinions. She comes across as an honest politician, one of the few, and does not appear to be a glory-seeker. As such, I do have to wonder why she has been sacked; it seems that she committed a cardinal sin and spoke against Party Policy on the subject of bombing Syria, Libya or some such place.
Diane's appearances on the superb "This Week" on BBC 1, were a joy; sat beside Michael Portillo she said what she believed, as does "Polly", and it was impossible not to like both her and the wonderful relationship between the two of them. That they have known each other since their school days was, perhaps, not a surprise given their obvious camaraderie.
Abbott's departure from the Labour frontline may well signal her return to "This Week" and a few injudicious revelations about what goes on in the Miliband inner circle.
Whoopee Doo !
PS I was at the same all boys' school and in the same class as Portillo, while Diane was down the road at the local girls' school; both state, but both a little bit 'elitist', too !
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