1. Sajid Javid — health secretary
1. Rishi Sunak — chancellor of the exchequer
1. Andrew Murrison — trade envoy to Morocco
1. Bim Afolami — Conservative party vice-chair
1. Jonathan Gullis — PPS to the secretary of state for Northern Ireland
1. Saqib Bhatti — PPS to the department for health and social care
1. Nicola Richards — PPS to the department for transport
1. Virginia Crosbie — PPS to the Welsh office
1. Theo Clarke — trade envoy to Kenya
1. Alex Chalk — solicitor general
1. Laura Trott — PPS to the secretary of state for transport
1. Will Quince — children’s minister
1. Robin Walker — schools minister
1. Felicity Buchan — PPS in the department for business, energy and industrial strategy
1. John Glen — City minister and economic secretary to the Treasury
1. Victoria Atkins — justice minister
1. Jo Churchill — parliamentary under-secretary of state for agri-innovation and climate adaptation
1. Stuart Andrew — housing minister
1. Claire Coutinho — PPS to the Treasury
1. David Johnston — PPS to the department of education
1. Selaine Saxby — PPS to the chief secretary to the Treasury
1. Kemi Badenoch — minister in the department for levelling up, housing and communities, and minister for equalities
1. Alex Burghart — parliamentary under secretary for apprenticeships and skills
1. Julia Lopez — minister in the department for digital, culture, media & sport
1. Neil O’Brien — parliamentary under secretary of state at the department for levelling up, 1. housing and communities
1. Lee Rowley — parliamentary under secretary at the department for business, energy and industrial strategy
1. Mims Davies — employment minister
1. Duncan Baker — PPS in the department of levelling-up, housing and communities
1. Craig Williams — PPS to the chancellor of the exchequer
1. Mark Logan — PPS to the minister of state
1. Rachel Macleanminister for safeguarding
1. Mike Freer — minister for exports and equalities
1. Mark Fletcher — PPS to the secretary of state at the department of BEIS
1. Sara Britcliffe — PPS at the department for education
1. Ruth Edwards — PPS at the Scotland Office
1. Peter Gibson — PPS at the department for international trade
1. David Duguid — the government’s fisheries envoy and its trade envoy for Angola and Zambia
1. James Sunderland — PPS at the environment department
1. Jacob Young — PPS at the housing department
1. David Mundell — UK Trade Envoy to New Zealand
1. James Daly — PPS at the department for work and pensions
1. Danny Kruger — PPS as the department for levelling up, housing and communities
1. Simon Hart — Welsh secretary
1. Helen Whately — Treasury minister
1. Brandon Lewis — Northern Ireland secretary
1. Damian Hinds — security minister
1. George Freeman — science minister
1. Guy Opperman — pensions minister
1. Chris Philp — technolgy minister
1. James Cartlidge — Courts’ Minister
1. Michelle Donelan — (brand new) Education Secretary
1. Rebecca Pow — environment minister
1. Rob Butler resigned — PPS to the Foreign Office.
1. Richard Graham — trade envoy.
1. Luke Hall resigned — deputy chair of the Conservative party
1. Caroline Johnson — vice chair of the Conservative party
–
21.20: [Johnson sacks Gove as levelling up secretary](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/jul/06/boris- johnson-rishi-sunak-sajid-javid-resignations-uk-politics-live-latest?page=with:block-62c5ee518f08ae7c89443d47#block-62c5ee518f08ae7c89443d47)
Perhaps some could rejoin so as to allow them to resign again?
My favourite bit from today’s Guardian:
_The attorney general, Suella Braverman, said it was “time for the prime minister to resign” on Wednesday night. She also said she would be a candidate in the forthcoming leadership election – but would not be immediately resigning. “I don’t want to resign because I have that duty and we need an attorney in government.”_
I don’t know if not having an attorney in government wouldn’t be an improvement to her being that attorney. Additionally,
_She also said she would be a candidate in the forthcoming leadership election_
The delusion is strong in this one!
> This cannot go on
And yet here we are. I suppose the upside is that the resignations must end soon if only because there’s no one left in government except Johnson.
5 comments
1. Sajid Javid — health secretary
1. Rishi Sunak — chancellor of the exchequer
1. Andrew Murrison — trade envoy to Morocco
1. Bim Afolami — Conservative party vice-chair
1. Jonathan Gullis — PPS to the secretary of state for Northern Ireland
1. Saqib Bhatti — PPS to the department for health and social care
1. Nicola Richards — PPS to the department for transport
1. Virginia Crosbie — PPS to the Welsh office
1. Theo Clarke — trade envoy to Kenya
1. Alex Chalk — solicitor general
1. Laura Trott — PPS to the secretary of state for transport
1. Will Quince — children’s minister
1. Robin Walker — schools minister
1. Felicity Buchan — PPS in the department for business, energy and industrial strategy
1. John Glen — City minister and economic secretary to the Treasury
1. Victoria Atkins — justice minister
1. Jo Churchill — parliamentary under-secretary of state for agri-innovation and climate adaptation
1. Stuart Andrew — housing minister
1. Claire Coutinho — PPS to the Treasury
1. David Johnston — PPS to the department of education
1. Selaine Saxby — PPS to the chief secretary to the Treasury
1. Kemi Badenoch — minister in the department for levelling up, housing and communities, and minister for equalities
1. Alex Burghart — parliamentary under secretary for apprenticeships and skills
1. Julia Lopez — minister in the department for digital, culture, media & sport
1. Neil O’Brien — parliamentary under secretary of state at the department for levelling up, 1. housing and communities
1. Lee Rowley — parliamentary under secretary at the department for business, energy and industrial strategy
1. Mims Davies — employment minister
1. Duncan Baker — PPS in the department of levelling-up, housing and communities
1. Craig Williams — PPS to the chancellor of the exchequer
1. Mark Logan — PPS to the minister of state
1. Rachel Macleanminister for safeguarding
1. Mike Freer — minister for exports and equalities
1. Mark Fletcher — PPS to the secretary of state at the department of BEIS
1. Sara Britcliffe — PPS at the department for education
1. Ruth Edwards — PPS at the Scotland Office
1. Peter Gibson — PPS at the department for international trade
1. David Duguid — the government’s fisheries envoy and its trade envoy for Angola and Zambia
1. James Sunderland — PPS at the environment department
1. Jacob Young — PPS at the housing department
1. David Mundell — UK Trade Envoy to New Zealand
1. James Daly — PPS at the department for work and pensions
1. Danny Kruger — PPS as the department for levelling up, housing and communities
1. Simon Hart — Welsh secretary
1. Helen Whately — Treasury minister
1. Brandon Lewis — Northern Ireland secretary
1. Damian Hinds — security minister
1. George Freeman — science minister
1. Guy Opperman — pensions minister
1. Chris Philp — technolgy minister
1. James Cartlidge — Courts’ Minister
1. Michelle Donelan — (brand new) Education Secretary
1. Rebecca Pow — environment minister
1. Rob Butler resigned — PPS to the Foreign Office.
1. Richard Graham — trade envoy.
1. Luke Hall resigned — deputy chair of the Conservative party
1. Caroline Johnson — vice chair of the Conservative party
–
21.20: [Johnson sacks Gove as levelling up secretary](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/jul/06/boris- johnson-rishi-sunak-sajid-javid-resignations-uk-politics-live-latest?page=with:block-62c5ee518f08ae7c89443d47#block-62c5ee518f08ae7c89443d47)
Perhaps some could rejoin so as to allow them to resign again?
My favourite bit from today’s Guardian:
_The attorney general, Suella Braverman, said it was “time for the prime minister to resign” on Wednesday night. She also said she would be a candidate in the forthcoming leadership election – but would not be immediately resigning. “I don’t want to resign because I have that duty and we need an attorney in government.”_
I don’t know if not having an attorney in government wouldn’t be an improvement to her being that attorney. Additionally,
_She also said she would be a candidate in the forthcoming leadership election_
The delusion is strong in this one!
> This cannot go on
And yet here we are. I suppose the upside is that the resignations must end soon if only because there’s no one left in government except Johnson.
Can’t it, though? Why not, exactly?