Keir Starmer wants to axe Rachel Reeves in bombshell reshuffle
Keir Starmer wants to axe Rachel Reeves as Chancellor in a major shake-up of his top team to revive Labour's plunging popularity.
In a shock move, the Prime Minister is considering moving Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to the Treasury to boost the country's economic fortunes.
Well that could leave us with a tricky problem. We'll have to come up with a suitable name for Yvette Cooper without making use of the too-obvious Ed Balls connection. I'm not sure I'll be able to resist that.
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What, you mean fake headlines along the lines of "Mrs. Reeves out, Mrs. Balls up"?
No, don't do that.
Reeves out, Cooper in, just like that,
Sam - I wouldn't dream of it - honest.
DJ - we saw him live once, a very funny man.
Mini Cooper. Does marvellous u-turns.
Although there is a strong resemblance to Olive Oyl.
Doonhamer - ha ha, very good, let's hope she gets the job. Yes - she is like Olive Oyl.
As Chancellor she would have to keep many balls in the air. I'll get my coat.
Tammly - ha ha, but oh dear, Starmer ought to take the name into consideration, it's an open goal.
I think there was a Yvette in 'Allo 'Allo. If all else fails, we could just go with 'You stupid woman!'
At least Rachel is metaphorically from Accounts. Where is The Shrew from?
She's never had a proper job: Wokeypedia reports -
Cooper began her career as an economic policy researcher for Shadow Chancellor John Smith in 1990 before working in Arkansas for Bill Clinton, nominee of the Democratic Party for President of the United States, in 1992. Later that year, she became a policy advisor to then Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Harriet Harman.
In 1994 she moved to become a research associate at the Centre for Economic Performance. In 1995, she became the chief economics correspondent of The Independent, remaining with the newspaper until her election to the House of Commons in 1997
Bucko - Yvette in 'Allo 'Allo would work. "Allo Allo, Ms Balls has said she'll say this only once " - something like that.
dearieme - according to Wokeypedia, her father never seems to have taken on a proper job either. Maybe these things run in the family, but Mrs Balls has made a career of talking about economics, which should make her more aware of things she shouldn't promise.
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