Subj : Re: Yes, Minister To : alt.tv.farscape From : Paul Richardson Date : Sat Sep 24 2005 11:33:56 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape "Jim Larson" wrote in message news:Xns96DAD720CF4853v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18... > weirdwolf wrote: > >> Jim Larson wrote in >> news:Xns96DACE17D6A973v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >> >>> I feared that my memory had built this up to be more than it was. It >>> hadn't. I've watched 5/6 of the first DVD, and it rocks mightily. >>> >>> Somehow, I'd forgotten that Jim Hacker wasn't a complete idiot and >>> that he managed to hold his own on a few occasions. It's very >>> satisfying to see that happen. >>> >>> (Now someone explain to me what the hell a shadow cabinet is all >>> about.) >>> >> >> Well the party that is in opposition, i.e. not in power, takes various >> of it's own M.P.'s and makes them responsible for the different cabinet >> posts. For example you would have a shadow minster for health and a >> shadow foreign office minister, The idea being that they both look for >> mistakes made by the "real" minister and that they get the training >> required if and when their party gets into power that they need to hold a >> ministerial position. > > (Thanks. I had some vague notion that this is what it was. Don't think I > ever > bothere to look it up before.) > Alternatively it's where the bad guys in B5 keep their socks 8-) -- Paul R Overworked of Borg, you will be assimilated when I can get around to it .