The Purge -- Over Half Of Cabinet To Be Replaced

[jim360]

As I type two more ministers, David Mundell and Claire Perry, and Leader of the House Mel Stride, have stepped down from Cabinet roles, presumably because they were pushed -- joining a long list of ministers to have followed Theresa May out today.

A brutal purge, not just of Remain-supporting ministers, but also of anyone who had the temerity to back Hunt rather than Johnson in the Leadership election. Fox out. Mordaunt gone. Two of the strongest Leave supporters you could find right there.

One could presumably forgive Johnson for wanting Hammond, etc, gone -- and even if Johnson wanted to keep him Hammond didn't want to stay -- but a clearout of this scale seems to be a dangerous way to start. The Prime Minister can only govern with consent, and with such a wafer-thin majority (that anyway relies on another party!), creating so many enemies is at the very least a courageous decision.

[jim360]

Jeremy Hunt is out, too. In victory, revenge!

[Spicerack]

Good.

[jim360]

Why? The ability to speak truth unto power is severely disrupted when you insist that your top team be filled with a bunch of yes-men. It is, at the very least, unprecedented for so many changes to a cabinet to occur without a preceding General Election.

[ladybirder]

Pity he can't sack Bercow.

[jim360]

Why stop there? Sack all the current MPs and appoint only those who agree to do everything he says without question...

[Sqad]

To the victor, the spoils of war etc.
In the medical circle when a professor is appointed, he brings in his own entourage and the same with a new football manager.
But I have some sympathy with your thoughts Jim, Boris is stacking up a pile of enemies should they want to destabilise his Government.

[Spicerack]

Filled with people who believe in democracy, you mean.
If he didn't dump the traitors, what would that tell the decent people?
Business as usual.

[jim360]

If I personally were a member of the Cabinet yesterday then I would certainly not expect to be today, and I don't actually have a problem with that principle per se. But it's the scale of it that disturbs me -- not to mention how it yet again feeds into this utterly despicable language of "traitors". And, most of all, it's the dismissal of the Hunt-supporters. Two sets of enemies purged at once.

[Sqad]

^^^, yes Jim, I can't disagree with that post.

[Bazile]

Be careful who you
**** on , on your way up ...

[Old_Geezer]

Wait and see who's appointed and accepts before making conclusions. There are many wanting positions, but only so many positions to fill. On the other hand some will refuse due to not wanting to leave without a deal and being in denial of the near zero chance of getting one. Others because they don't want to deliver Brexit at all or be associatedwith being so democratic. More because their ego won't accept the change of job position offered. There's a huge balancing act to be done with the near impossible task of bringing the party together. Give it time to work itself out.

[Togo]

//Over Half Of Cabinet To Be Replaced//

Is that all? The whole rotten lot of them should be banished for their abject failings and downright lying. Clean the stables, drain the swamp, empty the cess pit. Good riddance to ever last one of them, and Hammond,, the organ of the EUSSR,, in particular. Missing them already. Not.

[klazomaniac]

A reminder of the EU referendum results 2016

By votes:
17.4M Leave / 16.1M Remain

By Constituency:
406 Leave / 242 Remain

Constituency by Party:
Labour- 148 Leave / 84 Remain
Conservative- 247 Leave / 80 Remain

By Region:
9 Leave / 3 Remain

By MP:
160 Leave / 486 Remain

Brexit isn't the Problem. It's our MP's that are the Problem.

It's a perfect time for a Purge !

[Gromit]

Joke in New Private Eye.

New week’s headlines:
Tories put division behind them as they focus on new splits.

[david small]

Good riddance, self serving hypocrites.

[ToraToraTora]

this display is for the EUSSR.

[Gromit]

Our New Trade Minister, who will rove the world making new deals, and making Britain Great Again, has hit the ground running...

[ichkeria]

At least Liz Truss hasn’t got a job at DEFRA or something.
She doesn’t appear to believe in planning permission

[ichkeria]

Brexit will only be achieved by compromise.
Laugh all you like but it’s the case

[ToraToraTora]

clearing out the quislings, great.