New cabinet

[flowrider99]

In Fox and Johnson, May has chosen 2 of tbe most internationally recognisable Conservatives at her disposal both of whom have significant followings within the party. They will be high profile in their roles and should help heal the party.

Davis is marmite but he is a serious conviction politician, he is serious about leaving the EU but has none of the referendum baggage other senior Conservative leavers have.

Hammond and Fallon must be trusted by May as unshowy and reliable which is probably all she is after.

Its a good cabinet, it has a lot of name recognition and experience, it should calm things down.

At last some common sense. I agree with your statement.

For some It wouldn't matter what cabinet May choose they would have complained anyway.

 

[Psypher5]

''Sky sources understand that Mr Letwin will also lose his job.''

oh!

Exciting times!

 

[V F]

So glad Gove and Morgan are gone.

She was always awful on Question Time. So patronising and that stare was frightening.

 

[cheesyboy]

What a great picture

A bit dramatic, perhaps, but a nice image.

 

[V F]

Stop scaring me.

 

[Mr Jack]

Osborne, Gove, Letwin, Whittingdale and Morgan all look to be gone. This is no continuity cabinet.

I have to say that an early general election is looking a little more likely.

 

[wildman]

Osborne, Gove, Letwin, Whittingdale and Morgan all look to be gone. This is no continuity cabinet.

I have to say that an early general election is looking a little more likely.

exactly. May comes out saying she is going to carry on with the work that was started, then boots all the players out. If she starts running her own agenda and not the manifesto items that the Tories were voted in on a GE should be called, because she has no mandate to do anything other than get us out of the EU (as per referendum results) and what was laid out in the original Tory manifesto.

Any deviation from that should require the seeking of a mandate to do so.

 

[Mr Jack]

French foreign minister on Boris:

I am not at all worried about Boris Johnson, but during the campaign he lied a lot to the British people and now it is he who has his back against the wall ...

[He has] his back against the wall to defend his country but also with his back against the wall the relationship with Europe should be clear. I need a partner with whom I can negotiate and who is clear, credible and reliable.​

Yikes.

 

[Tunney]

Apparently he was one of the best minsters in the Government for running and efficient and productive department. Kenneth Clark no friend of Gove's sung his praises in this respect for his work both in Education and Justice.

Teachers hated him, lawyers liked him. I think he learned from his mistakes.

 

[daz]

Let's just hope Jeremy Hunt gets the sack as well.

 

[LzR]

Well what a reshuffle, she isn't wasting any time is she. So happy to hear that Gove and Osborne have gone. Not sure about Boris but it will certainly be interesting, he'll have to tone down his buffoonery for sure, but he's smarter than many think. I personally think May will make a great PM and she has already made some smart choices here and I'm more confident than ever that the UK can make a go of it outside the EU.

Edit: Hunt out?

 

[V F]

French foreign minister on Boris:

I am not at all worried about Boris Johnson, but during the campaign he lied a lot to the British people and now it is he who has his back against the wall ...

[He has] his back against the wall to defend his country but also with his back against the wall the relationship with Europe should be clear. I need a partner with whom I can negotiate and who is clear, credible and reliable.​

Yikes.

I've never seen or heard a clear, credible and reliable politician...

 

[Mr Jack]

The BBC is reporting Hunt is also gone; no official confirmation yet.

 

[Uther]

HUNTS GONE!

 

[V F]

HUNTS GONE!

Bet a lot of groups just had huge cheers!

 

[sityeuropa]

Whats all this General Election nonsense. If I was PM and I had no law telling me you have to do a General Election, I wouldn't have one.

Especially with Brexit uncertainty. Nobody needs hung parliament uncertainty too.

 

[V F]

Whats all this General Election nonsense. If I was PM and I had no law telling me you have to do a General Election, I wouldn't have one.

Especially with Brexit uncertainty. Nobody needs hung parliament uncertainty too.

The bloody media want it.

 

[Mr Jack]

Whats all this General Election nonsense. If I was PM and I had no law telling me you have to do a General Election, I wouldn't have one.

May will hold one if it gives her a political advantage to do so. If there is a dramatic change of policy direction then it becomes difficult for her to claim that the existing mandate applies to her and, given what she said about Brown, makes her a slam dunk for a charge of hypocrisy. This means that not holding a general election will cause a continual drain on her perceived legitimacy. With a narrow majority, and a still divided party, this may make it harder for her to rule and, eventually, win in 2020. She could decide, therefore, to seek her own mandate from the British people and hope to increase her majority.

 

[Trifid]

May will hold one if it gives her a political advantage to do so. If there is a dramatic change of policy direction then it becomes difficult for her to claim that the existing mandate applies to her and, given what she said about Brown, makes her a slam dunk for a charge of hypocrisy. This means that not holding a general election will cause a continual drain on her perceived legitimacy. With a narrow majority, and a still divided party, this may make it harder for her to rule and, eventually, win in 2020. She could decide, therefore, to seek her own mandate from the British people and hope to increase her majority.

And throw in more uncertainty. It is not what is needed now.

 

[Uther]

The uncertainty of a GE is not really what the country needs just now IMO, but with Labour in disarray it could be a good move.