coveted/jibe

前回備忘録的にゴシップを取り上げた途端に内閣改造があってびっくりしました。早かったですね。

Michael Gove tasked with solving housing crisis in latest role
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/sep/15/michael-gove-housing-crisis-latest-role-cabinet-reshuffle

Goveは酔っ払って深夜にクラブで踊っていたのも録画されましたが、昔の数々の失言の音声も晒されたようですね。
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He was also the subject of claims in the Independent this week that he made sexual comments, joked about paedophilia within top levels of government and used a racist slur in a series of remarks when he was in his 20s.
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これですね。Shame!
Revealed: Michael Gove’s sexist jibes, racist jokes and homophobic slurs
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/michael-gove-sexist-racist-speech-b1918058.html

Goveは新しいMHCLG大臣になりましたが、前職のChancellor of the Duchy of Lancasterと比べると降格になるのでしょうか？？

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Gove’s move away from the Cabinet Office to a lower cabinet rank may also reflect Johnson’s continuing lack of trust in his former Vote Leave colleague.
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Ministerial ranking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministerial_ranking
6位から15位ですね。Raabは4位から2位になりましたが、実質降格といわれていますよね。

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He reentered the cabinet in 2017 but has never made a coveted great office of state.
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Great Offices of State
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Offices_of_State
なるほど。

Goveは深夜にクラブで踊っていましたが、Raabはタリバンがカブールを制圧した時はクレタ島にいましたね。
Dominic Raab ‘persuaded PM he could stay on holiday’ in Afghanistan crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/aug/22/dominic-raab-persuaded-pm-he-could-stay-on-holiday-in-afghanistan-crisis

ということでどちらもさっそく人形劇で取り上げられてしまいました。
Spitting Image
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNOa11o0Do0
Priti Patel怖っー。