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18 January 2018 / David Greene
Issue: 7777 / Categories: Opinion
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New year, new Lord Chancellor

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David Greene hopes David Gauke is allowed to stay in the role long enough to make a difference

A new year; a new team at the Ministry of Justice. The great office of Lord Chancellor appears these days simply to be one stop for the train running up the ministerial track. David Lidington, the last incumbent, for just a few months, has gone on to other (perhaps greater) things which possibly he regrets since he appears to have the role as chief apologist for the Carillion problem.

We rather liked Lidington in comparison to previous incumbents. He seemed sensible and committed, with some knowledge and understanding of the job so it was disappointing to see him go. But hurrah, the King is Dead, Long Live the King, we have at last a lawyer as Lord Chancellor and hurrah hurrah because for the first time in the 1,400 year history of the office he’s a solicitor.

David Gauke was at Macfarlanes; hardly a high street legal aid firm, the business of which is daily fodder

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