BRAVERMAN SACKED

Cleverley. Never was there a better case of reverse normative determinism.

Over-privileged, privately educated thick as mince spoiled brat who qualified as the person to complain to if you run out of towels.

Cleverly was born on 4 September 1969 in Lewisham, London, to James Philip and Evelyn Suna Cleverly.[2] His father is British and worked as a surveyor and his mother worked as a midwife and is from Sierra Leone.[3] He was privately educated at Riverston School and Colfe's School, both in Lee, London. Cleverly then trained in the army, but his training was cut short by a leg injury in 1989. He went on to gain a Bachelor of Arts degree in hospitality management studies from Ealing College of Higher Education (now University of West London) in 1991.
 
festa5 said:
Think the example given was Nicky Morgan who was already a peer. It's not that uncommon, plenty of lords have served as ministers, usually junior ones though.

What takes the **** even more is appointing someone to the lords just so you can give them a job.

Needless to say Boris has already set that example when he did it for his chum Zac Goldsmith immediately after Goldsmith lost his seat. Democracy eh?
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I remember when Lynda Chalker, Minister of State for Overseas Development, lost her seat in Wallasey in the 1992 election. Her replacement in that office? Baroness Chalker of Wallasey. I mean, the appointment takes the ****, the title throws the **** back in the electorate’s face.

Not that this is a scandal belonging to one party. The last parallel I can remember as a cabinet appointment similarly out of left field to bring back a blast from the past who wasn’t even in the Lords was when Brown appointed Mandelson to his first Cabinet. Probably for quite similar party management reasons too.
 
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