Boris Johnson begins reshuffle of top ministerial team

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So Far:

Gavin Williamson axed as Education Secretary. His departure comes just days after he was strongly criticised for confusing Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford and England rugby star Maro Itoje in an interview with the Evening Standard.

Robert Buckland is out as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.

Robert Jenrick sacked as housing secretary.

Dominic Raab is out as foreign secretary in Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle - but he has been given a new roles as deputy PM and Lord Chancellor. He will also replace Robert Buckland as justice secretary.

Liz Truss is the new foreign secretary, replacing Dominic Raab, while remaining minister for women and equalities.

Downing Street now confirms Priti Patel will stay as home secretary (as I predicted … :wink:)

Rishi Sunak keeps his job

Co-chair of the Conservative Party, Amanda Milling, has been fired

Nadine Dorries is secretary of state for culture, media and sport - she replaces Oliver Dowden who moves to the Cabinet Office and co-chair of the Conservative Party.

Michael Gove is the new minister for housing, communities and local government and has responsibility for the UK’s union

Business minister and minister for vaccines Nadhim Zahawi has been confirmed as the new education secretary. He replaces Gavin Williamson, who lost the job earlier.

Steve Barclay replaces Michael Gove as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Cabinet Office minister.

Anne-Marie Trevelyan leaves her role as business minister and becomes the new Secretary for International Trade Department, replacing Liz Truss who has been promoted to foreign secretary.

Secretary for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng remains as the Secretary for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He took over the role earlier this year from Alok Sharma, who left to lead the COP 26 climate change conference.

Alok Sharma keeps his job

Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace are keeping their roles.

Mark Spencer is staying as chief whip in charge of party discipline.

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“The appointment of Nadine Dorries as Culture Secretary is final confirmation (if you needed it) that we do indeed have the worst Prime Minister and Govt ever. Ever.”
So says Anna Soubry, ex-MP according to a report in The Telegraph.

Really?
Well if that is true, maybe Anna Soubry should think about that and realise that she and her fellow ex-MP’s that were voted out of their posts by a disaffected electorate are at least partly to blame for the current crop of members of our parliament because of how they themselves ignored their voters.

That should also serve as a warning for every MP, cabinet minister and PM including Boris not to go against the wishes of their electorate.

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So Far:

Gavin Williamson axed as Education Secretary. His departure comes just days after he was strongly criticised for confusing Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford and England rugby star Maro Itoje in an interview with the Evening Standard.

Robert Buckland is out as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.

Robert Jenrick sacked as housing secretary.

Dominic Raab is out as foreign secretary in Boris Johnson’s cabinet reshuffle - but he has been given a new roles as deputy PM and Lord Chancellor. He will also replace Robert Buckland as justice secretary.

Liz Truss is the new foreign secretary, replacing Dominic Raab, while remaining minister for women and equalities.

Downing Street now confirms Priti Patel will stay as home secretary (as I predicted … :wink:)

Rishi Sunak keeps his job

Co-chair of the Conservative Party, Amanda Milling, has been fired

Nadine Dorries is secretary of state for culture, media and sport - she replaces Oliver Dowden who moves to the Cabinet Office and co-chair of the Conservative Party.

Michael Gove is the new minister for housing, communities and local government and has responsibility for the UK’s union

Business minister and minister for vaccines Nadhim Zahawi has been confirmed as the new education secretary. He replaces Gavin Williamson, who lost the job earlier.

Steve Barclay replaces Michael Gove as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Cabinet Office minister.

Anne-Marie Trevelyan leaves her role as business minister and becomes the new Secretary for International Trade Department, replacing Liz Truss who has been promoted to foreign secretary.

Secretary for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng remains as the Secretary for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He took over the role earlier this year from Alok Sharma, who left to lead the COP 26 climate change conference.

Alok Sharma keeps his job

Health Secretary Sajid Javid and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace are keeping their roles.

Mark Spencer is staying as chief whip in charge of party discipline.

Grant Shapps, who has led the Department for Transport since 2019, remains as its secretary of state,

Brandon Lewis is keeping his job as Northern Ireland secretary.

No change for Welsh Secretary Simon Hart and Alister Jack, who keeps the job of secretary of state for Scotland.

There were more changes but nothing, AFAIK, at senior level.

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@Bread , then perhaps LIZ should be transport secretary Bread ??:grin::grin:Donkeyman! :thinking::thinking:

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A minstrel Shuffle.

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Who’s in what job? Here’s a guide to the people that make up Mr Johnson’s cabinet, with the latest new faces and who’s changed places.

Boris Johnson’s cabinet

You can filter the list using the categories below

All New roles Newcomers Women BAME

Blue backgrounds indicate full cabinet members and grey backgrounds indicate attending members

Click BBC News title link (above) and scroll down to see photo list … :disappointed:

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Mr Johnson continued making changes late into the night on Wednesday as he got the reshuffle of more junior ministers under way, ahead of wider changes on Thursday.

Long-serving Nick Gibb was sacked from his role at the Department for Education, while Caroline Dinenage lost her job as a culture minister, and Luke Hall was fired as a local government minister.

Amanda Milling, who was removed as Conservative Party co-chairwoman, has become a Foreign Office minister.

Julia Lopez has been moved from the Cabinet Office to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, while Greg Hands left the Department of International Trade for a new brief as business minister.

Jenny Mordaunt left her post as paymaster general at the Cabinet Office to become a minister at the trade department.

She will be replaced by Michael Ellis, who has been solicitor general - a law officer who deputises for the attorney general - since July 2019.

Victoria Prentis is also promoted to environment minister, having held the junior role

Kemi Badenoch becomes a housing minister, whilst remaining a minister at the the Foreign Office.

John Whittingdale says he will be “stepping down” as media and data minister.

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Hi

Shuffling your cards does not make your hand any stronger.

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The prime minister gave his new team what he called “a half-time pep talk”.

“This is the moment when we spit out the orange peel, adjust our gum shields and get back on the pitch,” he said.

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What if there’s a “carrier” in that room … :scream_cat:

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Hi

I would not wish Covid on anyone.

It is horrible.