Cabinet reshuffle

Marina Hyde re our esteemed new AG
“Braverman in particular is mesmerically dim, with a classic C4 news interview with the AG suggesting not only that she could be outperformed at the Dispatch Box but that she could be outperformed by the Dispatch Box. Or indeed any other item of furniture”
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And ‘Liz Truss who’d lose a battle of wits with an emoji is the longest serving cabinet minister’

'I tell you what: why don’t we all just have a break from ‘Boris bashing ‘and give him a chance to deliver on his promises?'
...and what, pray tell, if one doesn't agree with some of what he has 'promised'? Not only that but he's on record as promising his Chancellor would be around for quite a while and now look what's happened. Not very good on promises is Johnson. So, if he doesn't give you what you want, will you keep quiet?

Nope, not embarrassed at all MaizieD. I gave Boris my vote as he was the only one promising to ‘Get Brexit Done’. I think he’ll deliver on quite a bit actually as he’ll want to keep all the Northern votes he’s been ‘loaned’.

Watch & wait I suppose.

if you'd like a good laugh this morning - Marina Hyde in the Guardian on Dominic Cummings.

I tell you what: why don’t we all just have a break from ‘Boris bashing ‘and give him a chance to deliver on his promises?

Will he? I don’t know - none of us know, but I am prepared to give him a chance.

I am so pleased I don’t have such a pessimistic outlook on the situation here as so many appear to have.

Our PM is treating the public like fools.

here’s a reminder’ of what’s going to be delivered.

But it's not going to be delivered, is it,*Ug*?

Don't you ever feel slightly embarrassed by cheer leading all the palpable lies.

Now repeat after me, I am the PM, I lie through my teeth & make policies up on the hoof, & I need you to repeat the lies verbatim. Now repeat after me or you're out! The sycophants repeat 50, 000 nurses, 20,000 Police and so on & on & on!

It wasn't funny and it wasn't true! It was thoroughly cringeworthy!

I think it was just silly humour on the first day of term - for the cameras of course - in the knowledge that Joe Public was watching so ‘here’s a reminder’ of what’s going to be delivered. Silly? Yes. Embarrassing for them? Yes probably. Another chance to give a few sound bites? Definitely.
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Daisymae I too was bemused by the spectacle of fully grown men (and a few token women) chanting like school children with their teacher - very childish! The Cabinet must have been squirming in their seats, especially as they knew it was being televised - how humiliating and embarassing.

This is looking like a puppet cabinet. Johnson getting them to chant the numbers of nurses etc they are going to have. Especially when we know that is complete fiction. We have an impulsive, reckless man leading the country off a cliff and there's nothing to stop him. Nothing.

'Back in the day when Blair was PM, were all you Labour lot complaining that Campbell was wielding too much power or is the criticism only for the Tories!'
...this was discussed on Ch4 News tonight and one man [I'm afraid I didn't catch his name but I believe he had worked for the Conservative Party] said that what Cummings is doing goes way beyond anything that Campbell did and is far more dangerous. If I have time I'll try to rewatch it on catchup and find out who he is.

Yes, POGS he seemed a really decent sort.

I watched Adam Bolton this morning and it I don't think he expected the SPAD to say nice things about Rishi Sunak but he stood up for him and you could tell it was genuinely meant.

‘Shot down’ growstuff.

I repeat. They were ex advisors. One was from Gorden Browns government and one from Teresa Mays.

No, the SPAD on Boulton had lost his job.
Makes you think.
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Of course they would be upbeat about the changes, if there are on the side of the winners. They know damned well they'd lose their jobs if they didn't sound positive. The Downing Street press office would have put forward the "right sort" for the interviews anyway. That's how the new regime works. Are you seriously that gullible?

And this morning a SPAD on Sky News who was with Robert Buckland (Irish, didn’t catch his name, intelligent) was upbeat about the whole new set up.

Adam Boulton looked like he a bulldog chewing a wasp! The interview didn’t shape up as he expected either.

Urmstongran
Last night on channel 4 news Matt Frys face was treat. He had invited two ex advisors to give their opinion fully expecting that it would be a Boris bashing fest. It turned out that they were all for the changes ??. He nearly choked.

I read that too MerylStreep. It seems this relationship isn’t as toxic as is being painted.

Actually, the fact that so many in the media don’t like Cummings, makes me think he might be a good thing!
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In those days there was a well recognised healthy rivalry between Blair and Brown - No 10 and No 11.

That's just been killed off.

Back in the day when Blair was PM, were all you Labour lot complaining that Campbell was wielding too much power or is the criticism only for the Tories!

He will chose his battles.

Posters are accusing Boris Johnson of being Dominic Cummings puppet.
Teresa Mays ex advisor has just stated that Cummings didn't get his way on HS2 and Huawei. Both of which he was very much against ( his words)