More than six months after his demotion appointment as ‘DPM’ in the last reshuffle, David Lammy has finally been given a full list of responsibilities tied to his potemkin title. His profile on the gov.uk site was updated today…
The full list is available on the gov.uk site, for those with time to kill. Previously, the list was empty. Among the highlights:
“The Deputy Prime Minister:
- represents the Prime Minister and HM Government at leader-level internationally when the Prime Minister is unable to attend, promoting and protecting British interests overseas
- maintains and strengthens relationships with Vice Presidents, Deputy Prime Ministers and deputy leaders of key international partners, including the United States; advancing UK strategic priorities in international engagement, including: jobs and growth, security and the rule of law, climate ambition and the transition to net zero, tackling irregular migration.
- champions the rule of law globally, working with the Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary and Attorney General
- The Deputy Prime Minister is supported by an Office of Deputy Prime Minister which coordinates work across departments and supports on the delivery of the Deputy Prime Minister’s priorities.”
As Guido has already reported, the physical space used for the ‘DPM office’ has been repurposed into Darren Jones’s pointless ‘command unit’. It turns out being Deputy Prime Minister mostly amounts to bombing at the despatch box, and cosplaying as Foreign Secretary with a few overseas jollies. The latest transparency data reveals Lammy billed the taxpayer for his wife to tag along to the Vatican. It also shows he had just ten publicly registered meetings across three months in his actual brief as Justice Secretary. Less than one per week…
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”