Talk:Minister without portfolio

message: The article says "The sinecure positions of Lord Privy Seal and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster can also be used for equivalent effect." Would  it be appropriate to add Deputy Prime Minister to this list? DavidFarmbrough 12:17, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deputy Prime Minister 

message: This article needs a cleanup and a clear definition. Would this minister be in the cabinet? How does this role come about?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.165.95.5 (talk) 13:09, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition and responsibilities 

message: I removed this, uncited and contradicts what I've replaced it with:
: This provision has rarely been used and when so only for short periods before being assigned in charge of a Department of State.
:*Eamonn Duggan (1922)
:*Fionán Lynch (1922)
:*Erskine H. Childers (1959)
:*Michael O'Kennedy (1972-1973)
:*Martin O'Donoghue (1977)
The first two listed predate the 1939 Act in any case. jnestorius(talk) 23:24, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ireland 

message: In Canada, and I believe in the UK, the Government is defined as those who can introduce a money bill. So: can a Minister without portfolio introduce a money bill, or are they in cabinet but not the government?
The Bear  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Envirobear (talk • contribs) 15:30, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lacks clarity 

message: Spencer Horatio Walpole was a Conservative; just because he had Whig forebears did not make him one. Moreover, if the government of Derby and Disraeli (1866-8) wasn't a Conservative one, then I'd be very much surprised, and this fact would not only fly in the face of interpretation of history, but also historical fact!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.97.57.195 (talk) 19:27, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correction 

message: My definition of "sinecure" would be a named post that doesn't have arduous duties, whereas a Minister Without Portfolio is someone (generally of cabinet rank) who is given a job to do and thus has significant duties, but doesn't have a specifically named post within the existing framework of government (ie the extant list of government departments).  I'm posting this as a critique of the article summary, which in any case appears to be without citations.Silas Maxfield (talk) 19:30, 20 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sinecure 

message: DO NOT PUT THEM THERE. Boris and Lord Feldman are not Ministers without Portfolio, they are not even ministers or any other member of the government. Boris and Feldman are allowed to attend the political cabinet which includes the chief of staff, senior advisers etc. but they are NOT ministers and it is factually incorrect (a downright lie) to include it on the page.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cindy's Cafe (talk • contribs) 04:14, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Boris Johnson and Lord Feldman 

message: There is no valid reason the UK should have such pedant showmanship under its heading, while every other applicable sovereign is not afforded equal treatment. Either neuter the UK so they are equal to the rest of us, or give everyone else an equal dose of the psychosis, sans UK, macropenilephilia, so we can be ego-inflated too.
72.67.29.199 (talk) 11:01, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Double Standards Fallacy

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message: Hon. Cleophas Wakhungu Malala - Secretary General UDA and a Cabinet Secretary Without portfolio in the current Kenyan Kenya Kwanza government.￼ 154.159.237.31 (talk) 13:21, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cabinet Secretary Without portfolio