The New Cabinet

Letwin gone

The Brexiters are not going to have an easy ride from anyone. Still lets hope they can put the money where their mouth is.

Just got to the stage where I'm enjoying it more and more

Seriously though, we all know Boris can toe the line and will not play the fool on the international stage.

Oh I agree Elegran, plus he has to give up his newspaper column worth over £250k a year, so that will hurt too.

Nicky Morgan and John Whittingdale gone too. Looks like Chris Grayling stays in post.

Yo ho

Gove - gone
Morgan - gone
Whittingdale - gone

Thank goodness no Gove, it would have been daggers drawn in cabinet meetings. Let's hope Nicky Morgan is similarly cast adrift. Now I've thought about it, it seems a clever move on May's part to use Brexiters in key posts, if they don't deliver their promised goods the leave voters will have no one to blame but them.

She has put Boris where she can keep an eye on him, and I don't doubt his civil servants will manage his diary, write his speeches and so on.

When I think of Boris in the Foreign Office, I can't help imagining Yes, Minister - poor Bernard!

Just read the tweet. Excellent.

Gove gone! I wonder how his wife will report his sacking in the Mail.

I think it was a canny move on the part of Mrs M. Left in the wilderness, a disappointed, even bitter Boris could have caused no end of trouble as loose cannons so often do, even risking him joining UKIP! How much better to give him an important job (overseen by experienced civil servants!) which not only keeps him busy and contented, but where you can keep a weather eye on him!!

Apparently Hammond is known as a hawk, so it would seem that there will no brake on austerity, particularly as Hammond seems of the opinion that Bexit will cause a bigger downturn than first thought.

Perhaps a comedian will do well with all the other diplomats. Perhaps not. But lots of lovely foreign travel. Hope the stories of his" economy with the truth" hasn't spread outside GB.

Just when we thought the nightmare was receding...Johnson the most undiplomatic politician in charge of diplomacy. What lunacy is this? No wonder the world this morning is thinking the Brits are 'avin a larf'.

Sarah Wollestone?

Who will get health

Have to agree whitewave and love the joke grannyknot

Thinking about it overnight - well not, but you know what I mean, she has been incredibly brave. He will either come up to the mark - if he is capable - or he will be his stupid, arrogant self who thinks he can get away with being a buffoon and she will sack him having given him his chance. Let's just hope he doesn't do any damage in the process

Hammonds maturity stands in sharp contrast to Osborne, as does indeed Mays to Cameron's. I was always of the opinion that the Eton crew were too young and inexperienced. They had the confidence of youth but couldn't make match it with experience. Their term in government showed this in the chaos and empty spin.

Ever heard the story of the elephant and the four blind men???

He is the most undiplomatic MP for the most diplomatic post. Johnson needs some schooling in how to behave.

Ah, that would explain it Grannyknot

Funny joke via Twitter 're Boris: She wrote "F.Off" next to his name and it was misinterpreted.

I am sure he will be good at all those embassy parties with the Ferrero Rocher.

Gosh I m hearing it all now Boris Johnson ' a good cookie' I even heard some woman on to say he had loads of charisma I believe I drank from the large bottle fell down the black hole and bumped into Tweedle 'Dumb'