Government Career
When Labour came to power in 1997 John Reid served as Minister of State for Defence. He became Minister of State for Transport in 1998. Reid held seven Cabinet posts in seven years while Tony Blair was Prime Minister:
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“The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after-dinner conversations over the wine.”
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