Article: I could never serve him and his band of backbiters.

Article: Ann Widdecombe breaks cover in leadership race 'I would have Ken ...
The Sunday Telegraph London;  June 10, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Telegraph that she would ask Kenneth Clarke to join her shadow cabinet. In an appeal to the pro ... should be welcome at the shadow cabinet table and be free to speak ... senior positions in the shadow cabinet if she were leader was ...

Article: Politics: Hague takes firm line on shadow cabinet ...
The Independent - London;  November 4, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... warning of continuing conflict ahead, Kenneth Clarke suggested that if the Shadow Cabinet wanted to perform a head-stand on the ... and his colleagues, he added: "If the Shadow Cabinet suddenly wants to change the policy of ...

Article: Shadow cabinet swings to right
The Scotsman;  September 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... having supported Kenneth Clarke in the bitter ... women in the shadow cabinet, she was joined ... Leader that his shadow cabinet would include ... either supported Kenneth Clarke in the initial ... this is his shadow cabinet. It does represent ...

Article: TORY LEADERSHIP RESULT: NEW SHADOW CABINET MEMBERS
The Independent - London;  September 14, 2001 ;     565 words ... ... bestow his preference. This he eventually gave to Mr Duncan Smith after attacking Kenneth Clarke on the eve of the poll. His appointment to the Shadow Cabinet will bolster the new leader against claims of a shift to the right.

Article: New look for the shadow cabinet.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  May 6, 2005 ;     470 words ... ... is expected to shake up his Shadow Cabinet over the weekend, bringing ... skills are needed. Along with Kenneth Clarke - another popular figure many ... would dearly like to see in the Shadow Cabinet - he was deployed on the campaign ...

Article: May gets a new role as Howard slims down his shadow ...
The Evening Standard (London, England);  November 10, 2003 ;     697 words ... ... Westminster as "Two Brains", becomes shadow cabinet minister responsible for policy ... to the pro-Europeans led by Kenneth Clarke, the pro-EU David Curry will ... spokesman. The much slimmed down Shadow Cabinet, it was suggested, was a sign ...

Article: BRITAIN Briefing: TORY 'BEAST' IN SHADOW ...
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  January 19, 2009 ;     288 words ...FORMER Chancellor Kenneth Clarke will today make a dramatic return to the Tory front bench as David Cameron reshuffles his shadow cabinet. Mr Clarke, one of the acknowledged big beasts of the Conservative Party, will be appointed shadow business ...