The Shadow Cabinet: the bewitching sequel to the sensational SUNDAY TIMES number 1 bestseller and new instalment of the HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL COVEN fantasy series: Book 2 (HMRC)

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Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, Party Chair and Chair of Labour Policy Review: Anneliese Dodds The inter-personal conflicts between characters build a lot of tension. That is fun to read. I was not at all interested in a Ciara redemption story at the beginning of this book. I was too angry from the last book. Somehow by the end, I thought completely different. As a native of Tyne and Wear, a major heartland for the party before the 2019 general election wipeout, he is likely to play an important role when the country next goes to the polls as the party attempts to prove to red wall voters that it is not run by a north London clique. Starmer said that having “put in the hard yards to change the Labour party”, it now had a “strong team on the pitch” in the run-up to the election that could deliver the change the country needed. And speaking of characters being destroyed, Elle flips out at finding Jeremy is cheating on her and turns him into stone. Just what?! I liked Elle but she turns out to be savage and then just accepts Ciara took over Niamh's body?? No, sorry she lost all respect from me after that.

The Labour Party, meanwhile, has seen a massive reversal of fortunes since the electoral catastrophe in December 2019 and, two weeks ago, pulled off a relatively drama-free party conference in Liverpool which happened to coincide with the chaotic aftermath of Kwasi Kwarteng’s “mini-Budget”. Ashworth tweeted: “It’s been an immense privilege to serve the nation as shadow health secretary these last two years of the pandemic. But in September I passed Robin Cook’s 87-92 record and became the longest serving Labour shadow health secretary in history. It’s right moment for new challenge!"The UK’s energy supply would be rapidly transformed under a Labour government, making it 100% generated by renewable sources over the next seven years. The policy, announced in the build up to the conference, is a more ambitious upgrade of Jeremy Corbyn’s pledge in 2017 to have 60% of electricity generated by renewables. This book took longer to get going, in my opinion, than the first one. Despite plenty happening, it felt like for several chapters nothing was happening. I honestly was much more invested in the smaller personal arcs of Ciara, Elle, Theo, etc., than I was Leonie’s cross-country hot pursuit of Hale and his evil plan for world domination. Yawn. It’s not a terrible plot as far as Bond-level plots go; nevertheless, Dawson’s ability to write interesting, complicated interpersonal dynamics is what The Shadow Cabinet showcases best. There is no better evidence of this than Ciara. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has reshuffled his shadow cabinet after his party's disappointing election results Though now a well-established part of the unwritten constitution, the Shadow Cabinet has not attracted much scholarly scrutiny. The term appeared in the press for the first time in 1910, and only became normalised in the 1920s. It remained uncommon until the 1960s, and attained its contemporary prominence only in the 1990s.

In her conference speech last month, Nandy said that Labour would restore social housing as the second-largest form of tenure. “This will be our mantra: council housing, council housing, council housing,” she said, echoing Tony Blair’s comments on education more than two decades ago.This was followed by spells as shadow rail minister, shadow economic secretary to the Treasury and shadow secretary of state for work and pensions, before his appointment as shadow business secretary in November last year. So Reynolds already has a breadth of policy experience under his belt. Downing Street said Prime Minister Boris Johnson "stressed how the coronavirus recovery will be more effective if both governments work together" Any trans person who uses gender-affirming care to help them feel more aligned with their body will recognize something in these words. Transition is literally a journey of rediscovery. When one has access to the care one desires, it is also a journey of wonder. Waking up each morning and feeling a little bit more like yourself because of how you look in the mirror, how your limbs move, how you smell, etc.—it’s not something to be taken for granted. It is a revelation.