Good few of the libertarian right-wingers are getting some senior cabinet roles. More austerity and beatings by the police then. Still at least the rich will be able to trickle down onto us.
Yeah, I just don't care Frank. Proper rebel I am...... I break all the rules.
"Surely there’s someone better in the Tory party to hold one of the most important jobs?"
Sure there is but they'll all be remainers won't they?
I think it's dawning on us that being a grown up isn't sufficient to stop us from tumbling off the cliff edge.
What the country needs right now are politicians who are able to distinguish between a unicorn and an elephant.
I see the poisonous foreigner hater is back as home secretary
Yup, Cruella de Braverthick is back, large and in charge. Awesomes.
What the country needs right now are politicians who are able to distinguish between a unicorn and an elephant.
One is an imaginary creature, and the other one is something I have one of for everybody who voted for Brexshit?
I see the poisonous foreigner hater is back as home secretary
I thought Sunak might be the grown up, rising above the need to pander to the Daily Mail. Clearly not though. The appointment of that terrible human being has shown he really is just a nasty Tory.
She really is an appalling, cruel and nasty person who should never serve in public office, let along as Home Sec.
Hmmm. So I like the fact he's mixed loyalties perhaps preferring expertise over loyalty. I'm nervous of Braverman, having a Doh! moment at Raab's re-entry onto the front bench, and surprised Mourdant hasn't been given a role.
Its at times like these that I like to pinch my nose and have a look at the Daily Mail comments pages to get a feel for what the Tory voters think. Luckily I work for a organisation who blocks the Daily Mail as inappropriate content. I'm quite proud of them for that!
Found a pic of suella reacting to her reappointment as Home Secretary
https://twitter.com/rainmaker1973/status/1582752033509363714?s=61&t=XQUiB70TxmFFSQ7guWO0nQ
braverman - bad for migrants and human rights; good for brexiters.
raab - bad for legal profession and human rights.
cleverley and zahawi - just bad.
shapps - if he's the answer or solution, what can the question or problem be??
dowden - why?
This re-shuffle looks like nothing more than a re-tread.
EDIT: if gove gets an appointment that will be putting a fox in the hen house.
While I concede that he has to pander to the erg / Brexit loving / daily mail reading voter and more importantly MP's , it sickens me to see her back in that roll.
The current confirmed cabinet just shows that the party, and government are stuck in a rut they are either unwilling or unable (or both) to get out of.
shapps – if he’s the answer or solution, what can the question or problem be??
The only question to which Grant Shapps is the answer is 'Who is Michael Green?'
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
Looks like Suella will get to realise her dream after all
A PM who is the child of immigrants and a Home Secretary who’s also the child of immigrants will now get on with their ‘dream’ deporting immigrants to Rwanda
How frightfully progressive
I felt sick when Suella was announced.
Same old, same old. Tories going to Tory.
Well I'm glad that Braverman's resignation was so heartfelt and significant. 6 whole days, that's a new record isn't it?
Is Sunak going to get away with this "there is a crisis and I am the man to fix it" thing when he was chancellor of the exchequer for most of the last 2 and a half years and fixed ****-all? Can he blame everything on truss's lunatic budget?
Grim to see braverman back, for a minute there I thought sunak might be sensible
Can he blame everything on truss’s lunatic budget?
In the summer, we reached the point when even the Tories were blaming the Tories for.... "all this". Don't see why recent events would put a stop to that, just because they've piled on even more shit on top of "all this". Trying to restrain the blame to just 6 weeks, rather than 12 years, could be tried... hopefully it won't stick.
"EDIT: if gove gets an appointment that will be putting a fox in the hen house."
I hate to say it but Gove is an absolute collosus compared to that shower of s***
Honeymoon is over for Sunak. The appointment of Braverman points towards an increased likelyhood of civil unrest.
I hate him more than Johnson already.
I am not sure why anyone should be surprised that someone on the right of the Tory Party should behave like someone on the right of the Tory Party.
Nothing Rishi Sunak has ever said suggests that as Tory leader he would shift the party to the left.
I thought his appeal was that despite shifting the Tories to the right he would be a competent Tory Prime Minister?
Surely Johnsons greatest asset was his laziness and incompetence ensuring that he never actually got anything done?
God spare of us from another right wing Brexiteer loon on a mission, a la Truss.
I thought his appeal was that despite shifting the Tories to the right he would be a competent Tory Prime Minister?
If he has any appeal then this is it. However I don't see competence as the way out of the current mess, actually I don't see any way out of it without a lot of people getting crushed. But then many of them voted for it so I'm sure they will all be happy we have no more European immigrants (an increase in the other kind but we wont talk about that) and their standard of living destroyed. But heyho Brexit and shit. Anyone who voted Tory (or didn't vote) last time round are welcome to their brown sandwich, those that didn't I have sympathy for.
Gillian! Keegan! for education. Who?
Will she be the 93rd Education Secretary this year?
I wouldn't worry too much, she'll be gone by next week
I mean thank **** Coffey isn't health sec anymore, but he's given her DEFRA. Give it a week and there'll be a new policy to plough up organic farms to plant tobacco
Extremely underwhelming cabinet appointments. Just the same old shit, same washed up faces.
As for Braverman, jeeez. Presumably that's payback to the ERG for their votes
So I guess sensible discussion regarding the effect Brexit has had on our economy is not on the cards?, can’t see any discussion about the single market being on the agenda either.
Hope the EU tell Sunak and his lackeys to **** off
I have to say, I'm disappointed. Not that I'd ever agree with his politics, but I thought he might take a more grownup approach to the job. But no, he's just appointing the same bunch of useless ****wits with no qualifications for their job...I guess I'm not surprised tho. The party is still riven by the same lunatic factions on all sides and I think he's going to really struggle, way more then he should have to if he'd just had a bit of courage.
Just proves that has been promoted too soon, without anywhere near enough experience of politics.
Appointing coffey to *anything* is a big mistake.
You thought useless eustice was, well, useless?
coffey will, I believe, be a disaster.
Has sunak announced a free Peleton for every household - yet?
"As for Braverman, jeeez. Presumably that’s payback to the ERG for their votes"
The ERG have an even firmer grip on both their party and the country than they ever had.
There is nothing to say about this cabinet other than they are an arrangement of Brexit nut-jobs.
The only silver lining in all of this is that it could hasten the point at which the British public at large realises the truth about Brexit, they're not even offering dead cats this time around, just the same old stick your head in the oven, half baked Brexit deal.
Cue a Cold War Steve cartoon of some desperate soul sticking their head in the oven but not being able to afford the gas to end it all...
Braverman!!! Has her personal email shenanigans been forgiven?!
Not sure what you were all expecting - there’s not exactly a big pool of talent (or any talent) to choose from! 🤣😱
And here comes Gavin... Sorry, Sir Gavin.
Badenoch - women and equalities minister!
The thick of it has nothing on this lot
Have we forgiven him for being a criminal?
Rishi was falsely claiming to be a full-time resident of the United States while he was living in Downing Street, and writing tax law for ordinary British citizens to follow...
Meanwhile whilst pretending to be a full-time US resident, his wife was claiming to be domiciled in India, in order to avoid paying tax on her overseas fortunes..
The maximum penalty for tax evasion is seven years or an unlimited fine..
What does Rishi get??
WTF.. lets make him PM.
Braverman!!! Has her personal email shenanigans been forgiven?!
Have we forgiven him for being a criminal?
This is Year Zero. Again. All is forgiven.
It seems like the qualification for cabinet membership remain the same asat any other point in the last few years.... absolutely insane, as thick as mince, but a fully paid up member of the Brexit Cult
When do you reckon he'll trigger Article 16 then? By the weekend?
Braverman!!! Has her personal email shenanigans been forgiven?!
Didn't Braverman sack herself for breaching the ministerial code?
If so it seems reasonable that she should have the authority to forgive herself.
It's not all bad my POS MP Jake Berry has been sacked resigned
Coffey on Wikipedia:
she went up to Somerville College, Oxford in 1989 to study chemistry.[6][7] However, in 1991 she was required to withdraw from the college on academic grounds, having obtained poor examination results attributed to over-involvement in extracurricular activities
I think the odds on a General Election before Christmas have just shortened.
frankconway
Full MemberAppointing coffey to *anything* is a big mistake.
Yup, in her 17 minutes as health secretary she performed much like any pub expert would in that position "I tell you what we need! More antibiotics! Just give 'em to everyone". Actually stupider than Trump's "give them a really big dose of the flu vaccine"
He has just entered my I spy book of ****s.
"I think the odds on a General Election before Christmas have just shortened."
I think you're right. If you'd have taken an opinion poll from this thread 24 hours ago the thought that Sunak would have recognised the importance of stabilising the mood in the country as well as his party was at least in people's minds as a possibility.
And for those who will just respond "what did you expect" theres no need to respond, we know how smart you are.
