Much has been written that Des Browne cannot hold down two positions in the Cabinet - Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of State for Scotland - that he is a part-time Defence Secretary at a critical time.
However there is another perspective on his appointment. That he will be a full time Defence Secretary and a no time Scottish Secretary. Why worry when Scots have the powerful positions. Brown as Viceroy PM, Darling in charge of English taxpayers money, Browne with the tanks, and Douglas Alexander controlling the party machine.
Remember this Scottish nationalist missive is what Brown signed up to in 1990:-
"We, gathered as the Scottish Constitutional Convention, do hereby acknowledge the sovereign right of the Scottish people to determine the form of Government best suited to their needs, and do hereby declare and pledge that in all our actions and deliberations their interests shall be paramount."
He has signed no other recognising the sovereignty of England.
He now has an ideal situation where he can cut spending in England while letting another party spend more English taxpayers money in Scotland. This allows him to avoid responsibility since it is not the Labour party.
Meanwhile his Scottish Secretary can avoid responsibility since he is far too busy in his real job. Brown and his close lieutenants above can keep Scotland's voice in the cabinet going while abrogating English complaints to an absent Defence Secretary.
An ideal position. Brown is quite simply feathering his own country's nest at England's expense.
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Maybe part of this job-sharing idea was so that Brown could point to the fact that there were no less Scots in the Cabinet than before.
Great blog. Just out of interest, when DID Gordon Brown sign the Scotish Bill Of Rights or whatever it was called? I've read 1988, 1989 and, on here, 1990. Anybody got the exact year?
Scotland subsidies England with oil. Ingratitude. Out 1st Scottish PM in decades and you act like you are being trated like the Jews in NAZI Germany. When will the press and web reprt the truth no the lies that England subsidises other nations.
If Brown is feathering his nest what did Thatcher do.
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