Comments on: Reshuffle http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2004/09/09/876 Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:10:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Uncarved Block http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2004/09/09/876#comment-2077 Uncarved Block Thu, 09 Sep 2004 16:11:57 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2004/09/09/876#comment-2077 This is not "the soap opera of Westminster Village life", this is politics. The members of the cabinet make decisions that affect the lives of millions of people. If the PMOS, and by association the Prime Minister, think that this is just a soap opera then its no surprise that no-one takes them seriously any more. I don't care who is Minister of what, I do care about what policies they introduce. Its about time that politicians started talking politics instead of personalities. This is not "the soap opera of Westminster Village life", this is politics. The members of the cabinet make decisions that affect the lives of millions of people. If the PMOS, and by association the Prime Minister, think that this is just a soap opera then its no surprise that no-one takes them seriously any more.

I don’t care who is Minister of what, I do care about what policies they introduce. Its about time that politicians started talking politics instead of personalities.

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