Our new Prime Minister Theresa May, and her cabinet...

[ManOfSussex]

now being described as MOVED

To the back benches?

 

[Titanic]

To the back benches?

apparently not...

 

[severnside gull]

Well i hope for the complete opposite. Politics need characters like Jonhson and Farage. People seem to appear to be writing Boris off far to early.

Good luck BJ in your new role. Will be watching you closely

We are not going to agree are we
I take the view that being a "character" isn't an appropriate qualification for being the UK's Foreign Secretary. I'd rather a degree of statesmanship and the ability to command respect from the leaders of other nations rather than being automatically ridiculed as he is.
However I respect your view and would be delighted should he prove an unexpected success.
Time will tell I guess

 

[ManOfSussex]

apparently not...

Looks that way. Just read that he will be offered another cabinet position.

 

[Triggaaar]

Do you think that the appointment of BJ (that sounds so much more apt than BoJo -- perhaps we can call him BloJo) as Foreign Secretary is:
-- moronic
-- a stroke of genius: he's so adaptible that he'll become diplomacy personified in the post
-- devious ploy by a non-moronic PM
-- some other explanation

Well I don't think she's a moron, that would be my last guess as to the reason. I'm also willing to believe that Boris is less of an idiot than we all think (which wouldn't be difficult), but I'm as surprised as everyone. I'm hoping she's not being devious, I don't think that's the direction our leader should be taking right now. We'll see I guess.

However I don't think she is a moron, hence my slim suspicion she's up to something.

There must be more than those two options though.

 

[c0lz]

There really wasn't any debate about him switching from remain to leave, he admitted his change of heart himself. Political chancer with no morales whatsoever. Has lied his whole life, as a journalist, a columnist, as a politician.

Boris Johnson turns on David Cameron after PM claims he privately said he's never been a 'Leaver'

The bitter personal row between David Cameron and Boris Johnson intensified last night after the Prime Minster claimed that the former Mayor of London had privately told people he had "never been a leaver".

Mr Johnson insisted that he had "been a eurosceptic for decades" as he dismissed David Cameron's plans for a sovereignty law as a "farce", adding that no one could "credibly claim" that the EU has been successfully reformed.

The clash came after the Prime Minister insisted that he does not weant the EU referendum to turn into a "Tory psycho-drama" between himself, Mr Johnson and Michael Gove, the Justice Secretary.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...-boris-johnson-privately-said-he-would-never/

 

[Steve in Japan]

Is Claire Perry still standing?

 

[Uncle Buck]

IDS on his way to Downing Street, so at least one more cretin to return.

 

[Titanic]

Justine Greening arriving in Downing Street... a move from International Devt?

 

[Danny-Boy]

Well I don't think she's a moron, that would be my last guess as to the reason. I'm also willing to believe that Boris is less of an idiot than we all think (which wouldn't be difficult), but I'm as surprised as everyone. I'm hoping she's not being devious, I don't think that's the direction our leader should be taking right now. We'll see I guess.

There must be more than those two options though.

It would be interesting to know when we had a Foreign Secretary who spoke (I guess fluently) as many other languages as Boris does. That MUST make a difference in communications.

But as R4 pointed out this morning how will they be able to split his job off from the "Ministry of Brexit" effectively? That Ministry will need to exist until at least 2020 if not longer.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

IDS on his way to Downing Street, so at least one more cretin to return.

New Minister for Public Misery.

 

[The Clamp]

Well I don't think she's a moron, that would be my last guess as to the reason. I'm also willing to believe that Boris is less of an idiot than we all think (which wouldn't be difficult), but I'm as surprised as everyone. I'm hoping she's not being devious, I don't think that's the direction our leader should be taking right now. We'll see I guess.

There must be more than those two options though.

Yes, you're probably right. I'm just hopeful. Not much point in conjecture I suppose. Waiting game now..

 

[ManOfSussex]

John Whittingdale has been sacked as culture secretary. What a shame!

https://twitter.com/GaryLineker

 

[The Clamp]

Some of the huge foul ups he made in London doesn't fill with me confidence now he's going to extrapolate his ethos across Europe.

 

[Uncle Buck]

New Minister for Public Misery.

Actually give him health, that would be quite funny.

He is not the most intellectual of his peers and could make Hunt look competent...

 

[ManOfSussex]

Theresa May is currently 2 short then of Harold Macmillan's magnificent 7 from the night of the long knives.

 

[Danny-Boy]

Biggest one by far is Osbourne going. Couldn't stand him. I hope his career is over.

It should be just because of the way he positioned himself last year to be The Heir to Dave. If you saw the photo that was used in the 2015 pre-election leaflets it showed the Cabinet (or presumably a Tory-only meeting) with Dave pronouncing and Osbourne listening eagerly, hanging on his every word, with a (retouched?) forehead free of wrinkles. Theresa on the other side of Dave looks about 75 and a haggard witch. IDS is staring into his mobile...

 

[spence]

It should be just because of the way he positioned himself last year to be The Heir to Dave. If you saw the photo that was used in the 2015 pre-election leaflets it showed the Cabinet (or presumably a Tory-only meeting) with Dave pronouncing and Osbourne listening eagerly, hanging on his every word, with a (retouched?) forehead free of wrinkles. Theresa on the other side of Dave looks about 75 and a haggard witch. IDS is staring into his mobile...

I still remember that picture of Osbourne eating a burger. Who was he trying to kid?

 

[Titanic]

Justine Greening - the new Education secretary.

 

[Titanic]

Liz Truss is the new Secretary of State for Justice and Cheese.

I hope she will pursue the prison reform initiated by Gove.

Another Lord(?) Chancellor with no legal qualifications?