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Are you talking about Harriet Harman? She's not even in the shadow cabinet. And I'm not American, so you don't have to explain it to me. Quit with the lame excuses :)


Of course it's Harman - who else? And as for the contents of the shadow cabinet... as I'm sure you know that varies a lot, she spent most of her career in either the cabinet or shadow cabinet, and right now I'm not sure I could really describe any of its current members as either prominent or influential. No doubt the fact that the actual current Leader of the Opposition was almost infinitely more obscure a figure than someone like Harman until less than a year ago plays a role in this. (Apparently, she's currently Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, one of a few big-name former Labour cabinet members with non-cabinet roles like this.)

Anyway, we're now way off topic, which is why I didn't want to go into this kind of detail in the first place.


It is dishonest to describe Harman as one of the most prominent and important politicians in our two main parties. You should edit or delete your comment.




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