An odd reshuffle - Delighted that Gove has Gone, but why do Pickles and Smith remain?

I am delighted that Michael Gove will no longer be able to mangle our education system. During his time in office he has taken direct control of over half of Britain's schools, which represents the biggest centralised power grab for decades. The scandals are now appearing, with an arrest for an alleged £2 million fraud in just one Academy chain, millions wasted on half empty Free Schools were there are not enough children to fill the desks, whilst schools that remain locally controlled have had their building programme cut and and are overloaded. It is odd that other failed ministers like Eric Pickles, who has undermined local government services, and Ian Duncan Smith who has caused so much misery to disabled people, remain. They should have followed Andrew Lansley to the back benches, who was sacked for wrecking the NHS. The only really great appointment is Lord Hill, who will be our new EU Commissioner. A committed European he helped John Major steer the Maastriccht Treaty into existence. His appointment proves that Cameron is not prepared to back crude anti-EU policies just to win back support from UKIP.