The Home Office Vs the Treasury:The Brown and Reid Clans Go to War
Spectator, The; London › August 10, 2009
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Would [Brown] leave the Home Office enfeebled simply to deny a tactical advantage to a man who claims he has no intention of standing? Mr [Tony Blair] is warning the Chancellor that he cannot starve the Home Office, because left-of-centre governments lose power if crime and immigration are deemed to be out of control.
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The Home Office Vs the Treasury:The Brown and Reid Clans Go to War
When John Reid was appointed Home Secretary last month, his staff presented him with a rather macabre gift: a league table of the shortest-serving secretaries of state in the department's 225-year history.
With each passing week he could count how many people he had outlasted. Mr Reid loved the present, especially as he had already beaten the 2nd Earl of Shelburne, who -- according to the Home Office briefing at least -- had lasted only six days in 1782. Some of Mr Reid's predecessors managed a whole decade, but none faced the ...See the full content of this document
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