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UK: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak & Secretary of State for Health Sajid Javid both resign in protest against Boris Johnson.

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On 7/5/2022 at 6:42 PM, Princess Aurora said:

Damn, this is huge shock1 

It could finally be the end of BoJo, but the worrying question is who replaces him...

20 hours ago, Darth Sidious said:

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I still think you’re going to have to pry him out of that building with a crowbar, or the SAS. 

15 (Yes 15!) ministers have quit overnight.... This is huge. 

 

  1. Rishi Sunak – Chancellor of the Exchequer
  2. Sajid Javid - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
  3. John Glen - Economic Secretary to the Treasury
  4. Robin Walker - Minister of State for School Standards
  5. Will Quince - Minister of State for Children and Families
  6. Alex Chalk - Solicitor General for England and Wales
  7. Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Business Secretary
  8. Laura Trott - Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Transport Secretary
  9. Jonathan Gullis - Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Northern Ireland Secretary
  10. Saqib Bhatti - Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Health Secretary
  11. Nicola Richards - Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport
  12. Virginia Crosbie - Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Welsh office
  13. Bim Afolami - Vice Chair of the Conservative Party
  14. Theo Clarke - Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Kenya
  15. Andrew Murrison - Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Tunisia and Morocco

 

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2 hours ago, Princess Aurora said:

I knew he wouldn't last two years, I remember in 2019 when he was elected, I was like nicki5 

It truly feels like a turning point but knowing Boris he'll somehow survive and stick around like a bad fart.

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1 hour ago, Billie Frank said:

It truly feels like a turning point but knowing Boris he'll somehow survive and stick around like a bad fart.

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I don't know. It wouldn't be a surprise If he did even though he's getting to May's leadership but worse dead2 

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1 hour ago, Princess Aurora said:

I don't know. It wouldn't be a surprise If he did even though he's getting to May's leadership but worse dead2 

And there's a key difference. May's defeat was down to disagreements over policy, not her personal conduct. 

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6 hours ago, Billie Frank said:

15 (Yes 15!) Ministers have quit overnight.... This is huge. 

 

  1. Rishi Sunak – Chancellor of the Exchequer
  2. Sajid Javid - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
  3. John Glen - Economic Secretary to the Treasury
  4. Robin Walker - Minister of State for School Standards
  5. Will Quince - Minister of State for Children and Families
  6. Alex Chalk - Solicitor General for England and Wales
  7. Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Business Secretary
  8. Laura Trott - Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Transport Secretary
  9. Jonathan Gullis - Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Northern Ireland Secretary
  10. Saqib Bhatti - Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Health Secretary
  11. Nicola Richards - Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport
  12. Virginia Crosbie - Parliamentary Private Secretary at the Welsh office
  13. Bim Afolami - Vice Chair of the Conservative Party
  14. Theo Clarke - Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Kenya
  15. Andrew Murrison - Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Tunisia and Morocco

 

Since posting this 6 hours ago a further 23 ministers have resigned bringing the total to 38. This many resignations is unprecedented in the UK History, never mind in the space of 24 hours! 

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5 hours ago, Billie Frank said:

And there's a key difference. May's defeat was down to disagreements over policy, not her personal conduct. 

I miss her so much katy4 She made some poor decisions perhaps, but at least she had integrity.

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5 hours ago, Billie Frank said:

Since posting this 6 hours ago a further 23 ministers have resigned bringing the total to 38. This many resignations is unprecedented in the UK History, never mind in the space of 24 hours! 

Surely he'll run out of replacements at this rate rip2 The fact it's taken all of them this long to resign though... orangu1

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12 minutes ago, LÉON said:

I miss her so much katy4 She made some poor decisions perhaps, but at least she had integrity.

May is still a constituency MP which she's good at, she was the wrong person for PM really. She's also been highly critical of the current Government long before anyone else was. 

12 minutes ago, LÉON said:

Surely he'll run out of replacements at this rate rip2 The fact it's taken all of them this long to resign though... orangu1

I fear this may become reality dead1:

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6 minutes ago, Billie Frank said:

May is still a constituency MP which she's good at, she was the wrong person for PM really. She's also been highly critical of the current Government long before anyone else was. 

I fear this may become reality dead1:

 

Yes I know. I think she was the right person at the wrong time.

The image made me chuckle.

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2 hours ago, Billie Frank said:

May is still a constituency MP which she's good at, she was the wrong person for PM really. She's also been highly critical of the current Government long before anyone else was. 

I fear this may become reality dead1:

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So the integrity and width of the heads of the Government of the UK will consist of 4 people and even that might not end this.
 

Lmao — how very Boris. 
 

Bet you money that they will have to remove him with something akin to physical force.

 

 

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Upon reflection, it really is insane — but somehow apt for Boris. 
 

After decades of quasi-stability, it is possible for him to remain as Prime Minister but lose the leadership of the party. And that will unleash complete chaos — because you have to wonder what will happen if he tries to save himself by any means possible. 
 

He’s gonna have to force the Conservative Party to remove him, with something next to force. 
 

Its batshit insane, but it’s Boris. 

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13 hours ago, Darth Sidious said:

So the integrity and width of the heads of the Government of the UK will consist of 4 people and even that might not end this.
 

Lmao — how very Boris. 
 

Bet you money that they will have to remove him with something akin to physical force.

 

 

There has now been 61 resignations including 36 yesterday (July 6th) alone which is unprecedented, prior to yesterday the most resignations in a single day was in 1932 when 11 MPs resigned in protest against the Government at the time. It truly is insanity. 

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5 July[edit]

# MP Constituency Office Resignation letter
1 Sajid Javid Bromsgrove Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Letter
2 Rishi Sunak Richmond (Yorks) Chancellor of the Exchequer Letter
3 Andrew Murrison South West Wiltshire Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Morocco Letter
4 Bim Afolami Hitchin and Harpenden Vice Chair of the Conservative Party Statement
5 Saqib Bhatti Meriden Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Health and Social Care Letter
6 Jonathan Gullis Stoke-on-Trent North Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Northern Ireland Office Letter
7 Nicola Richards West Bromwich East Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport Letter
8 Virginia Crosbie Ynys Môn Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Letter
9 Theo Clarke Stafford Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Kenya Letter
10 Alex Chalk Cheltenham Solicitor General for England and Wales Letter

6 July[edit]

# MP Constituency Office Resignation letter
11 Will Quince Colchester Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families Letter
12 Laura Trott Sevenoaks Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Transport Statement
13 Robin Walker Worcester Minister of State for School Standards Letter
14 John Glen Salisbury Economic Secretary to the Treasury Letter
15 Victoria Atkins Louth and Horncastle Minister of State for Prisons and Probation Letter
16 Jo Churchill Bury St Edmunds Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Agri-Innovation and Climate Adaptation Letter
17 Stuart Andrew Pudsey Minister of State for Housing Letter
18 Felicity Buchan Kensington Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Letter
19 Selaine Saxby North Devon Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Treasury Letter
20 Claire Coutinho East Surrey Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Treasury Statement
21 David Johnston Wantage Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Education Statement
22 Kemi Badenoch Saffron Walden Minister of State for Local Government, Faith and Communities and Minister of State for Equalities Letter
23 Neil O'Brien Harborough Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Levelling Up, The Union and Constitution
24 Alex Burghart Brentwood and Ongar Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Apprenticeships and Skills
25 Lee Rowley North East Derbyshire Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Industry
26 Julia Lopez Hornchurch and Upminster Minister of State for Media, Data, and Digital Infrastructure
27 Mims Davies Mid Sussex Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Letter
28 Duncan Baker North Norfolk Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Statement
29 Craig Williams Montgomeryshire Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Treasury Letter
30 Rachel Maclean Redditch Minister for Safeguarding Letter
31 Mark Logan Bolton North East Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Northern Ireland Office Letter
32 Mike Freer Finchley and Golders Green Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exports Letter
33 Mark Fletcher Bolsover Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Letter
34 Sara Britcliffe Hyndburn Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Education Letter
35 Peter Gibson Darlington Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for International Trade Letter
36 Ruth Edwards Rushcliffe Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland Letter
37 David Duguid Banff and Buchan Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Angola and Zambia Statement
38 James Sunderland Bracknell Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Statement
39 Jacob Young Redcar Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Letter
40 Michael Gove Surrey Heath Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities N/A (sacked)[35]
41 David Mundell Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to New Zealand Statement
42 James Daly Bury North Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Work and Pensions Letter
43 Danny Kruger Devizes Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Statement
44 Simon Hart Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire Secretary of State for Wales Letter
45 Edward Argar Charnwood Minister of State for Health Letter
46 Gareth Davies Grantham and Stamford Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Health and Social Care Statement
47 James Davies Vale of Clwyd Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Department for Health and Social Care Letter

7 July[edit]

# MP Constituency Office Resignation letter
48 Brandon Lewis Great Yarmouth Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Letter
49 Helen Whately Faversham and Mid Kent Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Letter
50 Damian Hinds East Hampshire Minister of State for Security and Borders Letter
51 George Freeman Mid Norfolk Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science, Research and Innovation Letter
52 Guy Opperman Hexham Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Pensions and Financial Inclusion Letter
53 Chris Philp Croydon South Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy Letter
54 James Cartlidge South Suffolk Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice Letter
55 Michelle Donelan Chippenham Secretary of State for Education Letter
56 Caroline Johnson Sleaford and North Hykeham Vice Chair of the Conservative Party Letter
57 Luke Hall Thornbury and Yate Deputy Chair of the Conservative Party Letter
58 Rob Butler Aylesbury Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Letter
59 Rebecca Pow Taunton Deane Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Nature Recovery and the Domestic Environment Letter
60 Jack Brereton Stoke-on-Trent South Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for International Trade Letter
61 Richard Graham Gloucester Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy for Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines Letter

 

12 hours ago, Darth Sidious said:

After decades of quasi-stability, it is possible for him to remain as Prime Minister but lose the leadership of the party. And that will unleash complete chaos — because you have to wonder what will happen if he tries to save himself by any means possible.

He's resigned now anyway but this isn't possible, there's no way for a PM to simply just hold on to power, the leader of the opposition can call a No Confidence Vote in the Government which if passed (it likely would be now) would trigger a general election, alternatively the 1922 committee were looking at changing the rules in the Conservative Party so that time limit between Confidence Votes in their leader was abolished meaning another No Confidence Vote in Boris Johnson could be called in the coming weeks, they were looking at doing this after the last vote prior to recent events anyway. 

 

In the UK system the Prime Minister on their own doesn't have that much power, they're just the leader/spokesperson of their party/government. If the party turn against them then they're very replaceable. The Tories have a reputation of forcing out their own leaders, in fact the only Tory Prime Minister in the last 4-5 decades to actually step down after loosing an election was John Major after the Labour/Tony Blair landslide in 1997... Thatcher, Cameron, May and now Johnson were all essentially ousted by their own party. 

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