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Iz 🌟 View member profile	13th February 2020, 05:23 PM Post #21
I'm a paragon so don't perceive me Joined: 3 February 2011 Posts: 37,420 User: 12,929	Nah Michael, this isn't a step towards a dictatorship. It's just continuing the same oligarchy and is confirmation, if you needed it, that this is not a break from the Tory party of old as Johnson's been trying to paint it as. Sunak's father-in-law being an Indian billionaire and all. I have no doubt Cummings is highly involved also but he's just as much of a stooge as Sunak will be in terms of ensuring a comfortable environment for the rich above all else in future budgets. George Eustice as Environment Secretary is somehow even a worse prospect than Theresa Villiers. Prone to conflicts of interest on environment records and dodgy as hell in his previous life as an under-secretary and before that, a UKIP loon before there were UKIP loons.


crazy chris View member profile	13th February 2020, 10:31 PM Post #22
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 22,001 User: 53	Someone Tweeted that they're glad to see the back of McVey but then a reply said "I wouldn't be too sure as she's like the turd that won't flush!" Theresa Villiers, sacked again, started her statement about her dismissal "What the PM gives the PM taketh away". She doesn't sound too happy. Says she was asked "to make way for someone else" Liz Truss is now said by Sky's Beth Rigby to be the longest serving cabinet minister. This post has been edited by Crazy Chris: 13th February 2020, 10:55 PM


crazy chris View member profile	13th February 2020, 11:11 PM Post #23
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 22,001 User: 53	The New Statesman’s Stephen Bush has written a very interesting blog on the possible long-term consequences of Sajid Javid’s resignation. “It is, in terms of the governance of the United Kingdom, probably the most significant development since the creation of the devolved parliaments in 1999,” he says. Rishi Sunak, Javid’s replacement, is reported to have accepted the merger of staff across numbers 10 and 11 Downing Street. It’s an illustration of British politics’ “unipolar moment”: as I wrote last week, Boris Johnson is more powerful now than any British prime minister. He is using his position to concentrate power within Downing Street in a way we have not seen before ... How will it work out? From a political perspective, the Conservatives will surely benefit from what will be an unprecedented degree of alignment and coherence between the head of government and the government’s finance chief. But from a policy perspective, the consequences are unknowable. This is a structure that, had it been in Tony Blair’s hands in 1997, might have seen the United Kingdom join the euro.


J00prstar View member profile	14th February 2020, 12:41 AM Post #24
there's nothing straight about plump Elvis Pronouns: they/any Joined: 21 January 2016 Posts: 13,145 User: 22,895	It's all a power fantasy for men like Johnson. Here's hoping he oversteps a line and gets bitten in the bum soon.


Suedehead2 View member profile	14th February 2020, 07:58 AM Post #25
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 13 April 2007 Posts: 36,676 User: 3,272	It will be interesting to see how Javid plays it. Will he sit back and be a loyal backbencher, or will be be a thorn in Johnson’s side?


crazy chris View member profile	14th February 2020, 08:34 AM Post #26
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 22,001 User: 53	QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Feb 13 2020, 12:25 PM) So the views of the unelected bureaucrat Dominic Cummings are deemed more important than those of the Chancellor. I admire Javid for standing up to Boris and Cummings. He was told they'd be getting rid of some of his staff and have a pool of staff shared between No.10 and No.11. Cummings bright idea the papers are saying. Javid wasn't having that so he walked but his successor was told that was what was happening and he accepted the job. This post has been edited by Crazy Chris: 14th February 2020, 08:36 AM


Suedehead2 View member profile	14th February 2020, 09:33 AM Post #27
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 13 April 2007 Posts: 36,676 User: 3,272	QUOTE(Crazy Chris @ Feb 14 2020, 08:34 AM) I admire Javid for standing up to Boris and Cummings. He was told they'd be getting rid of some of his staff and have a pool of staff shared between No.10 and No.11. Cummings bright idea the papers are saying. Javid wasn't having that so he walked but his successor was told that was what was happening and he accepted the job. Meaning that, according to Javid, he has no self-respect. Javid was clearly offered something Johnson and Cummings knew he would refuse.


crazy chris View member profile	15th February 2020, 04:24 PM Post #28
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 22,001 User: 53	Sunak being tipped by some to succeed Boris as PM in 2026/7 in time to fight the 2028/9 election. He certainly wants the top job, has apparently made no secret of it. Just misses out on being youngest Chancellor ever at 39. George Osborne was 38 when he first got the job.


crazy chris View member profile	15th February 2020, 04:58 PM Post #29
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 22,001 User: 53	From The Times.. Dominic Cummings was confronted over his “unkindness” at last night’s weekly meeting of ministerial aides. Boris Johnson’s senior adviser had appalled some at last week’s gathering, held before the reshuffle, by remarking at the end: “I’ll see some of you next week.” It is claimed that he “picked on” aides to Theresa Villiers and Andrea Leadsom, who were both sacked on Thursday, during that meeting by asking them “really detailed questions he knew they wouldn’t be able to answer”. He was challenged last night by Lynn Davidson, a former Sun journalist who is media adviser to Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, according to one witness who said that she took Mr Cummings to task for his behaviour.


crazy chris View member profile	16th February 2020, 04:32 PM Post #30
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 22,001 User: 53	The government's budget may be delayed, a cabinet minister has said. It had been set for 11 March, but the timetable was thrown into doubt after the surprise resignation of former Chancellor Sajid Javid on Thursday. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said the date would be a matter for Mr Javid's replacement, Rishi Sunak. He told the BBC's Andrew Marr programme: "The guy's only been in place for a few days, let's give him a few days to decide on the date." Mr Shapps said the government had not confirmed the budget would "definitely go ahead on the same date as mentioned before", but added: "Clearly, we'll need to have a budget." The acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey, accused the government of being "chaotic". He added: "Any delay in the budget will send out alarm bells that a major change of economic policy is now being planned without any democratic legitimacy from the Tory manifesto just weeks ago."


Suedehead2 View member profile	16th February 2020, 06:09 PM Post #31
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 13 April 2007 Posts: 36,676 User: 3,272	Sunak will have been involved on preparing the Budget so doesn't really have that excuse. After all, the new Scottish Finance Minister delivered her Budget on the day she was appointed.


crazy chris View member profile	20th February 2020, 07:43 AM Post #32
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 22,001 User: 53	The Times is reporting that Priti Patel is a nasty boss and has been accused of bullying but no official complaints have been made yet to the PM. She has attempted to oust her most senior civil servant after a toxic clash at the top of the Home Office. Multiple sources inside the department have accused the home secretary of bullying, belittling officials in meetings, making unreasonable demands and creating an “atmosphere of fear”. Sir Mark Sedwill, the cabinet secretary, has been dragged into the row after Ms Patel demanded the removal of her permanent secretary, Sir Philip Rutnam. Sir Philip is understood to have raised concerns about Ms Patel’s behaviour within the Cabinet Office. A senior Whitehall source said that the situation had become “completely unsustainable and was going to blow up very soon”. A Home Office spokesman said there had been no “formal” complaints against Ms Patel to the PM yet. Allies of the home secretary deny the allegations. This post has been edited by Crazy Chris: 20th February 2020, 07:48 AM


crazy chris View member profile	23rd February 2020, 09:39 PM Post #33
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 22,001 User: 53	From Mail Online. Seems like Boris is putting his stamp on everything now his honeymoon period is over. Boris Johnson has drawn up a 'hit list' of senior civil servants he wants turfed out of Whitehall so they cannot hamstring his Brexit agenda. A major shake-up of government departments puts three permanent secretaries in the firing line of Number 10, which feels emboldened to make swingeing defenestrations with the PM's huge mandate. The Treasury's Sir Tom Scholar is one of the mandarins at risk because he is judged in Downing Street to have frustrated Brexit, a Tory source told the Sunday Telegraph. He is joined on the list by Sir Philip Rutnam, who has repeatedly locked horns with Home Secretary Priti Patel. Sir Simon McDonald of the Foreign Office, who worked with the PM during his stint in the department, is also said to be facing the chopping block. Sir Tom, who assumed his role at the Treasury in 2016, is blamed for trying to trip up the Brexit process during his three-year tenure. This attempt to muscle in on economic policy-making suggests the Treasury will be forced to fall into line with Downing Street's legislative programme - and Sir Tom is viewed as an obstacle to this blueprint. But he is understood to get along with new Chancellor Rishi Sunak, which buoys his prospects of keeping his job, a source said. An insider responded to reports of Sir Tom's mooted sacking by lashing out at Mr Johnson for trying to impose 'ideological purity'. Sir Simon could be sacked as payback for embarrassing Mr Johnson in the wake of US ambassador Sir Kim Darroch's resignation, it is understood. Mr Johnson had declined to publicly support Sir Kim, but Sir Simon wrote a letter saying: 'The Prime Minister, Foreign Secretary and whole of the public service have stood with you: you were the target of a malicious leak; you were simply doing your job.' The third name on the list, Sir Philip, is reportedly hanging by a thread because of repeated clashes with Ms Patel. Ms Patel is said to have tried to move permanent secretary Sir Philip Rutnam out of the department. Sir Philip previously faced calls for him to resign in 2018 over the Home Office's handling of the Windrush scandal. Now former Home Office insiders have accused the mandarin of being 'nowhere to be seen' during the crisis despite being 'paid more than the prime minister'. Downing Street last night declined to comment. This post has been edited by Crazy Chris: 23rd February 2020, 09:43 PM


Jessie Where View member profile	24th February 2020, 12:24 PM Post #34
Break the tension Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 89,016 User: 51	MI5 have rejected claims that officials withheld intelligence from Priti Patel. Funnily enough, Priti Patel has consistently withheld intelligence from humankind since forever. (Who knew you could get Priti Patel, intelligence and humankind into one single sentence?) This post has been edited by Tawdry Hepburn: 24th February 2020, 12:24 PM


crazy chris View member profile	25th March 2020, 11:33 PM Post #35
BuzzJack Legend Joined: 7 March 2006 Posts: 22,001 User: 53	I think Rishi Sunak is a strong contender to succeed Boris. He's become very popular with his budget then rescue package for workers hit by the virus. Used to think Raab may be a future PM but no it's all about Golden Boy Rishi now. It's his ambition apparently too but even he apparently is surprised by his meteoric rise to one of the Great Offices of State.


Harve View member profile	26th March 2020, 12:44 AM Post #36
Cœur poids plume Joined: 3 November 2007 Posts: 18,129 User: 4,718	Do people just like Rishi Sunak because his speech has the intonation of Tony Blair


T Boy View member profile	26th March 2020, 12:00 PM Post #37
Radical Pink Troll Joined: 11 March 2006 Posts: 26,606 User: 177	QUOTE(Harve @ Mar 26 2020, 12:44 AM) Do people just like Rishi Sunak because his speech has the intonation of Tony Blair I guess it’s because he speaks after Boris does usually and anything is an improvement on that.