Tuesday 15 July 2014

"The male, the pale and the stale"



See Chris Mason analysis here (BBC link)

"As reshuffles go, this is David Cameron's biggest.

And if you want to know how it looks, you needn't look any further than a tweet  from Conservative MP Alistair Burt: "I'm really worried that this reshuffle will leave the PM short of middle aged white men in Govt. I'm selflessly ready Dave!"

In other words, there is something of a cull of what critics have called "the male, pale and stale" and what is expected next is the promotion of faces and voices that are seen to better represent contemporary Britain.

So popping up on a telly near you soon: more ministers who are women and more ministers with regional accents, in more prominent roles".

Cabinet Reshuffle (Telegraph)

"Less male, just as pale and stale" (The Economist)

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