Keir Starmer expected to appoint a straight man as head of the civil service

Please excuse the spoof headline. All three of the ‘great offices of state’ are held by women – Rachel from Accounts at the Treasury, Yvette Balls at the Foreign Office (has there ever been such a low-profile holder of the post?) and Shabana Mahmood at the Home Office.

The government is clearly in need of more women in senior positions. Antonia Romeo is expected to be appointed as head of the civil service shortly, and thereby become the Cabinet Secretary. From her Wiki page:

“As the Civil Service’s Gender Champion, one of Romeo’s first roles was to set up the Gender Equality Leadership Group, a group of director general level gender champions from all departments.”

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2 thoughts on “Keir Starmer expected to appoint a straight man as head of the civil service

  1. I am abroad at present, south of the equator, and keep hearing that I’m so lucky because in their country there is so much corruption.

    But they know and understand and protest about the corruption.

    In Britain, the corruption is there but not recognised by many.

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  2. In Defence of Mrs. Balls our working class hero Keir spends most of his time outside this country at a seeming never ending series of conferences, negotiations, official visits, trade fairs …… well anything. She is entirely superfluous. Perhaps they should swap roles altogether. She could be the first female PM! ……….Oh damn the patriarchy’s already had three female PMs.

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