This week was all about George and Vince. George’s child benefit cuts caused confusion throughout the Tory ranks. Dave said sorry. Vince’s incredible u-turn on university fees caused a shock wave throughout the Lib Dem ranks. Nick said nothing.
Ed got dealt his hand. 19 players picked by the PLP, with some big names left on the bench. He played his wildcard and rescued one or two of his campaign faithful. Gordon’s Scottish mafia are gone, the ‘new generation’ hail from Yorkshire.
Lower down the food chain, the junior shadow ministers should be named today, with lots of the ‘010 intake expected to make a showing.
In case you missed them, here are Uncut’s best read pieces of the last seven days:
Michael Dugher said Liam Fox is right (and George and Dave are wrong) on Defence cuts
Dan Hodges deconstructed the new shadow cabinet
Uncut gave you our pen portraits of the new front bench team
Philip Cowley talked us through the incumbency factor
Tom Watson wrote to David Cameron about the new Andy Coulson allegations
ITV News’ Alex Forrest took her baby somewhere funny
Tory Margot James couldn’t quite figure out her own party’s child benefit cuts
Chris Bryant wrote a poem for national poetry day
Nick Keehan says we shouldn’t join the Tories in going soft on sentencing
Dave Howells gave us his take on Cameron’s big society big moment
Tags: Alex Forrest, Andy Coulson, Dan Hodges, Margot James, Michael Dugher, Philip Cowley, Shadow Cabinet, Tom Watson