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Sajid Javid just resigned

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achillestoes · 05/07/2022 18:11

That’s all.

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PomegranateOfPersephone · 07/07/2022 08:09

I wasn’t impressed by Javid insisting that if people wanted to work in care (low paid, unsociable hours, hard work physically and emotionally, always recruiting) then they should be fine with being required to receive vaccinations. Testing 2 or 3 times a week is enough.

Equally with working in the NHS.

PomegranateOfPersephone · 07/07/2022 08:05

What about Badenoch?

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achillestoes · 07/07/2022 07:54

I’d be happy if we landed on Truss, Javid, Zahawi. Hunt and Wallace are unknown quantities. Mordaunt would be a disaster.

Braverman is having a laugh.

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AmaryIlis · 07/07/2022 07:40

Cuck00soup · 07/07/2022 07:09

Liz Truss is at in important meeting in Bali. Would it be impudent to suggest this is why she has delayed her resignation?

And her letter will be out the moment her plane lands back in the UK?

I suspect she's doing a Major. He kept well out of the way with supposed tooth problems when everyone was knifing Thatcher, then wandered in to win the leadership election as the nice guy/safe pair of hands.

AmaryIlis · 07/07/2022 07:38

PomegranateOfPersephone · 07/07/2022 07:20

Suella Braverman will stand for leadership. I think she might be good.

Oh, come off it. She's embarrassingly bad as Attorney-General, she'd be an utter disaster as PM.

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achillestoes · 07/07/2022 07:33

George Freeman, Science Minister, has resigned (he capitulated ages ago but that’s a separate issue).

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PomegranateOfPersephone · 07/07/2022 07:20

Suella Braverman will stand for leadership. I think she might be good.

MarshaBradyo · 07/07/2022 07:16

I know some weren’t keen on the rule change for confidence vote but I think it’s lucky it’s an option as we don’t have a functioning government right now

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achillestoes · 07/07/2022 07:14

Truss will be hoping it will be all be over and she’ll still be in a nice hotel in Bali painting her toenails.

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Cuck00soup · 07/07/2022 07:09

Liz Truss is at in important meeting in Bali. Would it be impudent to suggest this is why she has delayed her resignation?

And her letter will be out the moment her plane lands back in the UK?

3luckystars · 07/07/2022 05:27

I hope tomorrow brings good news.

Id say the summer will be like a big thunderstorm and then there will be peace.

mrshoho · 07/07/2022 01:08

What an embarrassment. He could have resigned two days ago with good grace. They'll all be skint from the leaving collections. Wonder if it will be a collective huge leaving bash or lots and lots of parties? 🥳 Honestly the Man is unhinged.

FigRollsAlly · 07/07/2022 00:13

QuebecBagnet · 06/07/2022 23:50

What the new one?

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No, Ed Argar has quit as health minister. Steve Barclay, the new health secretary is still in place, for now anyway.

Blossomtoes · 07/07/2022 00:09

but I can see him trying to destroy the party

He’s doing a great job now - actually far better than if he tried.

QuebecBagnet · 06/07/2022 23:50

PearlClutch · 06/07/2022 23:25

And the Health Minister is gone.

What the new one?

RedToothBrush · 06/07/2022 23:31

George Peretz QC AT georgeperetzqc
A government lawyer I know is currently working out how/whether they can get a statutory instrument laid tomorrow when their department doesn’t have any ministers left.

Yep. Johnson can definitely stay PM and ride this out.... 😂

PearlClutch · 06/07/2022 23:25

And the Health Minister is gone.

PearlClutch · 06/07/2022 23:24

Ooh, Suella Braverman has said she'll put her hat in the ring.

Viviennemary · 06/07/2022 23:05

Exciting times. Wonder what Boris wil say in his resignation speech.

Idroppedthescrewinthetuna · 06/07/2022 22:57

RedToothBrush · 06/07/2022 22:43

Chief whip has gone
So has the welsh secretary.

The Cabinet will be Johnson sat with Dorries soon won't it?

At this rate The Queen would have to sack him to get him out. She will never exercise that right...however it would be interesting

RedToothBrush · 06/07/2022 22:51

Martin kimber AT mrmkimber
The Telegraph report the whips’ office have crunched the numbers and worked out Boris Johnson would get just 65 confidence votes out of nearly 360 Tory MPs

Well that would certainly tie with the chief whip resigning.

RedToothBrush · 06/07/2022 22:47

Steven Swinford AT steven_swinford
Big scoop from AT GeriEL_Scott tonight

She reveals that Nadhim Zahawi has been working with close allies of Lynton Crosby for months on a Tory leadership bid

Campaign include VAT and corporation tax cuts

His team even prepared a resignation letter before his pro motion

RedToothBrush · 06/07/2022 22:43

Chief whip has gone
So has the welsh secretary.

The Cabinet will be Johnson sat with Dorries soon won't it?

RedToothBrush · 06/07/2022 22:40

Shehab Khan ITV AT shehabkhan
Cabinet clearly don’t want to move just yet.

1922 sources tell me they ideally wanted cabinet to move and sort this so they wouldn’t have to change the rules (obviously not a great look to do that).

Boris Johnson’s position right now is to try and call everyone’s bluff.

Tom Copley AT tomcopley
How can they still not have learned? Johnson is utterly ruthless and completely amoral and the only way to deal with him is to be ruthless in return.

You are not dealing with a normal, rational political actor you are dealing with a giant entitled man child. Respond accordingly.

Melroses · 06/07/2022 22:39

wellhelloitsme · 06/07/2022 22:38

43 and counting...

!!! Growing