Brandon Lewis resigns as Northern Ireland secretary

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  1. Resignations starting early today. I’m in UK time +1 and I haven’t even had my breakfast yet.

  2. Not really looking forward to the Tories shedding their skin and winning back support after this. Statistics suggest that changing leader will help them win the next election.

    Let’s not pretend that they’re a moral bunch who’ve been led astray by Boris. I’m pretty sure most don’t care about the groping, they just saw it as a convenient time to turn on him.

  3. Pretty sure “honesty and integrity” were never priorities for this government, so I don’t know why they’re all acting surprised now.

    Maybe the opportunities for feathering their own nests are decreasing, so that’s why they want a change.

  4. This is a revolving cabinet, just like Corbyn’s shadow cabinet. At some point, you run out of eligible backbenchers.

  5. Apparently 6 ministers have resigned already this morning, just in the last hour or so.

    * Guy Opperman
    * Chris Philip
    * George Freeman
    * Damian Hinds
    * Brandon Lewis
    * Helen Whately

    At this rate, Boris will not have any government left at all by Saturday morning.

  6. Nadhim Zahawi in a few minutes: It has been a honour, and a great responsibility, to serve as a minister, but we need leadership change, and I have resigned.

  7. what’s changed in the last month since the vote of no confidence? i just don’t get how he “wins” the vote then it seems like everyone turns on him.

  8. This is just a show and a push for the Tories to say they care and want things to change when in reality they are all just part of the same snake

  9. Just heard of one that only got promoted 36hrs ago, having resigned already (didn’t catch the name)

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