The New Cabinet

I am beginning to feel a tad glum, as there are a lot of right wingers in the cabinet. May little speech may turn out like Thatchers - hot air! Although one glimmer, if she is looking to the next election she may be trying to win some of the under dogs vote, and so may be more liberal in her policies.

Yes jing all those sort of things are EU led.

I think these pretty field edges where wild flowers are allowed to grow, might have come about due to the EU. I hope we don't lose them now.

How do you frack a farmer? forget I asked!

I've just texted him, but no guarantee I will get a reply!!!

He'll be peeved about continual badger culling and potential fox hunting, but I'm not sure she'll get fox hunting through.

A lot of his problems now will come about funding, as a lot comes from the EU. But presumably the government won't want their voters flooded and lose their houses and livings!!! What is more worrying is the protection given to so much of our wild life etc. Carol Klein was looking at something DS has helped develop on Rye Farm nature reserve. Much of that is subject to rules and regs of EU.

What does your son think about Leadsom, whitewave?

I didn't give much credence to the conspiracy theory but with May give Boris the FO beginning to wonder. Perhaps hie payoff for being a sacrificial lamb that turned the tide against Gove. Great mixed metaphors before someone else says it.

She's a huge fan of fracking, so the farmers better watch out if they don't want to be fracked.

I feel sorry for the foxes too, Tegan.

With a bit of luck, she'll be kept busy visiting County Shows and judging beautiful baby competitions.

How come Grayling's got DoT? I thought it was going to be abolished. That's what happens when you take your eyes of the news for more than five minutes - I'll have to catch up.

Perhaps Theresa May thinks the environment is so unimportant that it doesn't matter how badly it is run.

You beat me to it, suzie. Hmm....think the poor foxes need to be a bit worried though...

See Mummy Leadsom has rural affairs - good so she can make sure all those Brexiting farmers get their subsidies. Not sure if she cares much about the environment though.

Damian Green got DWP and Chris Grayling for DoT.

That's what leapt straight into my mind .

www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2016/07/14/what-brexit-means-for-child-poverty

Doesn't matter, I do not suppose, as they all know about this and voted for it.
Therea May's speech made me think of Thatcher's where there is discord, may we bring harmony. Never noticed any of that when she was smashing the unions.

Hmmm...I wonder where Grayling will go. DWP? Beware!

Didn't know about the sexting. Just Googled it - what an idiot. You couldn't make it up.

Stephen Crabb resigned.

Stephen Crabb just resigned- I guess due to the flack he was getting due to his sexting young women story( he of the moralistic Christian persuasion ) it's one thrill a minute if you are interested in politics.

Anyone know who is DWP?

He'll be wecome in Greenland and most of South America, then.

From the Independent - a map of all the countries Boris has insulted!

www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jul/14/maybe-the-brits-are-just-having-us-on-the-world-reacts-to-boris-johnson-as-foreign-minister

Tegan 'sources' are saying new departments will be announced to manage infrastructure and industry and the DoT work will be under their umbrellas. Quite a bit of the DoT is under consideration for privatisation, so who knows what will happen? My DH's agency survived one privatisation attempt, not sure it will again.

"Why is the DoT closing?"

Maybe because it's not going anywhere! (I'll get my coat)

I think I read somewhere about rumours that there's going to be a new department for infrastructure, so maybe transport will be included (it makes sense).

www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2016/07/14/addicted-junkets-promotion-boris-johnson-foreign-secretary