Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Appointment Debate
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Ben Bradshaw
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Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Appointment
Ben Bradshaw Excerpts(2 years, 11 months ago)
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Mr Ben Bradshaw (Exeter) (Lab)
But being chief of staff to any Prime Minister is more than a full-time job—and to this Prime Minister, with everything we know about him, it is an impossible one. Just look at the collateral damage of those who have fallen by the wayside having come within close proximity of him. How will the right hon. Member for North East Cambridgeshire do all those jobs and serve his constituents?
Michael Ellis
In the same way, if I may suggest, that the shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster can also be the shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, shadow Secretary of State for the future of work, shadow First Secretary of State, deputy Leader of the Opposition, deputy leader of the Labour party and Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne—highly accomplished appointments.