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tory resignations
No DWP ministers yet
Didn’t last long - Mims Davies has gone in resignation number 27/n.
yet he is still carrying on at the liaison committee :(
Sec of State alleged to be threatening resignation.
Chancellor next? (the new one .......)
James Daly, PPS at DWP is resignation #40
Pensions Minister, Guy Opperman, is resignation number (I think) 53. They seem to have lost count at this point.
SSWP Therese Coffey and ministers Chloe Smith and David Rutley appear to still be at Caxton House.
Edit: Apparently number 51. They are now up to 53 though.
[ Edited: 7 Jul 2022 at 08:22 am by Elliot Kent ]Johnson gone apparently
https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1544956645742084096
Attempting a round up 😂
[Updated following the PM’s announcement this lunctime]
[ Edited: 7 Jul 2022 at 01:21 pm by shawn mach ]Johnson gone apparently
https://twitter.com/lewis_goodall/status/1544956645742084096
A shame. I thought perhaps we would get to the point where everyone had resigned and it was just B. Johnson running every department with JRM as Chancellor and Dorres as Attorney General.
What happens to all the resigned posts then I wonder. Do they get their jobs back or does he have to recruit 50-odd ministers for the sake of a couple of months?
But only as leader, not as PM apparently.
But only as leader, not as PM apparently.
I’m not sure this is unusual? It is how it went with May at least per wikipedia:
On 24 May she confirmed that she would resign as Conservative Party leader on 7 June, stating, “it is now clear to me that it is in the best interests of the country for a new prime minister to lead that effort.” She continued to serve as prime minister until she tendered her resignation to the Queen on 24 July. This coincided with the arrival of Boris Johnson as prime minister, who was elected by the Conservative Party membership. By constitutional convention May did not step down until she assured the Queen that Johnson would be able to command the confidence of the House of Commons.
True but he wants to stay until the autumn apparently.
I assume people already saw this 😂
Some of the figures tipped to be part of a Liz Truss cabinet ...
Home secretary: Thérèse Coffey
The work and pensions secretary has a no-nonsense attitude and is often deployed on morning media rounds by the government when defending a tricky issue.
Given her performance in the role and that she was part of three-MP “guard of honour” for Truss when the foreign secretary made it to the final two, she is likely to stay in cabinet.
Experienced at running a large government department, she may be handed the role of home secretary.
Work and pensions secretary: Suella Braverman
Already able to attend cabinet as attorney general, Truss is also likely to offer a full cabinet job to former leadership contender Suella Braverman to consolidate support from the right of the party.
One of the roles touted for her is work and pensions secretary.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/25/who-next-cabinet-rishi-sunak-liz-truss
Former is bad enough. Latter genuinely disturbing.
very disturbing, isn’t she the stubborn working age people who refuse get jobs one?
Just when you think that the worst has passed…..
Indeed. Stubborn is a very measured interpretation. Millions of people taken out of the jobs market by Covid, long-Covid, their employers ceasing to exist and so on but, no, the problem is that people are lazy.
An equally measured comment might be to observe that she has brought overt political bias/prejudice to the role of attorney general in a largely unprecedented manner.
I think we can expect, at minimum, a severe ramping up of work related activity; the sanctions regime; capping etc. and likely allied to attacks on the generosity of the disability benefits system. Exactly the wrong person at exactly the wrong moment.
how much does it cost to join the tory party and vote against truss?
how much does it cost to join the tory party and vote against truss?
Sadly even if you wanted to pay, the relevant membership date has already passed.
how much does it cost to join the tory party and vote against truss?
Sadly even if you wanted to pay, the relevant membership date has already passed.
I could never give them my money - the things they have done over the last 12 years :(
how much does it cost to join the tory party and vote against truss?
...... more than just money I believe!
has anyone’s second thought about todays news that Coffey will probably be leaving the dwp?
has anyone’s second thought about todays news that Coffey will probably be leaving the dwp?
We’ve heard she’s being lined up for Health and Social Care.
has anyone’s second thought about todays news that Coffey will probably be leaving the dwp?
We’ve heard she’s being lined up for Health and Social Care.
Sorry to everyone in England but at least health is devolved!
has anyone’s second thought about todays news that Coffey will probably be leaving the dwp?
We’ve heard she’s being lined up for Health and Social Care.
Deputy PM too a possibility .....
... with Chloe Smith as new W&P Secretary?
... it’s Chloe Smith at the DWP:
How Chloe Smith voted on Welfare and Benefits #
Consistently voted for making local councils responsible for helping those in financial need afford their council tax and reducing the amount spent on such support
Almost always voted against spending public money to create guaranteed jobs for young people who have spent a long time unemployed
Consistently voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability
Almost always voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the “bedroom tax”
Almost always voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
Consistently voted against raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices
How Chloe Smith voted on Welfare and Benefits #
Consistently voted for making local councils responsible for helping those in financial need afford their council tax and reducing the amount spent on such support
Almost always voted against spending public money to create guaranteed jobs for young people who have spent a long time unemployed
Consistently voted against paying higher benefits over longer periods for those unable to work due to illness or disability
Almost always voted for reducing housing benefit for social tenants deemed to have excess bedrooms (which Labour describe as the “bedroom tax”
Almost always voted for a reduction in spending on welfare benefits
Consistently voted against raising welfare benefits at least in line with prices
Well in fairness, this is just the government position. You don’t get to be a cabinet minister by voting down the government position.
True - but perhaps we shouldn’t be hoping for a new golden age either.