Sunday, 30 August 2009

UKIP Shadow Cabinet

Prompted by a discussion on the UKIP private member forum, we thought it would be interesting to see who our readers would put in a UKIP "shadow cabinet". Now before anyone points out the obvious - that UKIP doesn't have enough MPs for a shadow cabinet - the members of the "shadow cabinet" would be spokesmen on the policy areas covered by the Ministry in question and should be MEPs or confirmed PPCs.

To make it easier, the list of Ministries that would need to be covered are listed below complete with their territorial extent so nobody suggests a Scottish or Welsh MEP or PPC for an English Ministry.
Shadow Chancellor - British
Shadow Leader of the House - British
Shadow Attorney General - English & Welsh
Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform - English
Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster - English
Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families - English
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government - English
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport; and Olympics - English
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence - British
Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - English
Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change - English
Shadow Secretary of State for Health - English
Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs - British
Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department - Mostly English
Shadow Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills - English
Shadow Secretary of State for International Development - British
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice - Mostly English
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland and Northern Ireland - Scottish and Northern Irish
Shadow Secretary of State for Transport - English
Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury - British
Shadow Secretary of State for Wales - Welsh
Shadow Environment, Energy, Food and Rural Affairs Minister - English
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions - Mostly English
Shadow Housing Minister - English
Spokesperson for Youth and Equality - English
Shadow Defence Minister - British
Chief Whip (Commons) - British
Chief Whip (Lords) - British
Chair of Parliamentary Campaigns team - British
Leader's Chief of Staff - British
Party President - British
Either post your shadow cabinet in the comments or email it to admin@bloggers4ukip.org.uk.

Edit:
Bonus points awarded to anyone who appoints a shadow Minister for England to oversee all those English ministries!