Daisy Cooper is the new Liberal Democrat education spokesperson
Following the news of Layla Moran taking up the party’s foreign affairs brief, she is being succeeded as education spokesperson by Daisy Cooper:
Delighted to announce that @libdemdaisy will take on the education brief for @LibDems. Her drive and determination will keep the Tories accountable for their failings in our schools. Daisy will hold the PM to his words that when it comes to education the “buck stops with me.”
— Ed Davey MP 🔶🇪🇺 (@EdwardJDavey) September 1, 2020
Following Alistair Carmichael’s switch to home affairs, Wendy Chamberlain is the party’s new chief whip:
.@wendychambLD, who has been a powerful force since becoming an MP will be our new Chief Whip. Wendy will also take on the Scotland and Wales brief and fight for social justice as our Work and Penions spokesperson.
— Ed Davey MP 🔶🇪🇺 (@EdwardJDavey) September 1, 2020
Jamie Stone also has a new role:
The inimitable @Jamie4North will keep the govt honest when it comes to looking after our troops and shine a light on the mental health of veterans as our Defence spokesperson. He will also look after the Digital, Culture, Media and sport brief.
— Ed Davey MP 🔶🇪🇺 (@EdwardJDavey) September 1, 2020
The full new team is listed here.
UPDATE: Daisy Cooper and Munira Wilson swapped roles in October 2021.
This is not such a good change. The virtue of having Layla as the education spokeswoman is that she knows education from the inside and also understands Maths. Education has turned into a high profile topic at a time when we should not be de-skilling.
I can see why Ed wants to give Layla what is traditionally seen as more important job, but the government really needs to be taken to task on the results debacle and Layla was the person to do this.