Theresa May ,forming Her New Government.

[gulliver1]

"Here we go gathering nuts in May"

[Jackdaw33]

Like it!

[youngmafbog]

Well June actually.

[jim360]

She's certainly stamped her winning authority on this new cabinet by changing virtually nothing.

[youngmafbog]

I never understood why she would change it anyway. Surely if it was wrong she should have done it before, after all they were in Government.

[Jackdaw33]

I think she is in serious denial. I do not dispute the right of the Tories, as the largest party, to have first bash at forming a government, but she is not the person to lead it. She is mortally wounded; she should go now, and quickly, so that someone else might have a chance of salvaging something by raking among the cinders.

[jim360]

Up to a point I'd agree with ymb -- certainly I'd see little sense in moving Davis, Johnson and Fox, with a view to continuity in the Brexit negotiations (even if the approach changes, should the staff?). But to move exactly nobody from a top job, even Hammond -- who's come in for some criticism as Chancellor -- is a surprise.

And finally there's that comment from Fallon on this morning's Marr show, something like: "We're going to see, I hope, a more collective decision-making cabinet. I, and other senior colleagues, have made that clear to [Theresa May]."

The Prime Minister, but not the leader...

[gulliver1]

Sorry ymb, Theresa June !.

[fiction-factory]

Maybe she knows she won't be around for much longer so wants some temporary continuity until someone takes over and puts their own team in place

[gulliver1]

How two faced can Boris be, he is saying now , support TM , we all know he will stab her in the back , first chance he gets , all Boris thinks of, is himself.

[Jackdaw33]

"...all Boris thinks of, is himself."

In that respect he is no different from TM or any other of the self-servers vying for top dog.

[agchristie]

Shuffling the pack, Mrs May doesn't hold any 'aces'.

[Jackdaw33]

She's holding a Yarborough, which in Bridge terms means no cards higher than a nine.

[gulliver1]

Strong and Stable, trouble is she did not lock the stable door.

[agchristie]

Well Jack, May lost her North-ern Powerhouse,James Wharton and now it's a right cribbage!