Picture editors always struggle to illustrate stories about Whitehall.
The Times did a decent job this morning with this shot of some bureaucratic types strolling past a Whitehall street-sign. The caption says “thousands of civil servants” may be losing their jobs.
But hang on a minute. Is that just a faceless paper-pusher checking his blackberry? Or a cabinet minister?
Take a bow Michael Moore, secretary of state for Scotland. You’ve had your 15 minutes of fame.
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Kiran Stacey is an FT political correspondent, having joined the lobby in 2011. He started at the FT as a graduate trainee in 2008, working on desks including UK companies and US equity markets before taking over the FT's Energy Source blog.
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