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Millionaire Geoffrey Cox joins cabinet…he claimed 49p for milk & spoke out for tax havens

A real man of the people has joined the cabinet after Boris Johnson and David Davis decided their jobs were just too hard for them. Jeremy Hunt has moved to Foreign Sec and Matt Hancock to Health to replace him, The PM promoted the Attorney General Jeremy Wright to Hancock’s old role leaving room for Geoffrey Cox to take Wright’s job. Mr Cox is a millionaire and one of the richest MPs in Parliament. He may well be a wealthy...

Boris Brexit resignation letter warns of Britain only achieving a “semi”:

BREAKING NEWS: Boris Johnson's resignation letter warns that the Government's course will leave Britain as a colony of the EU with no say over policies in a semi - Brexit. Johnson wrote that the compromise that Theresa May had claimed her cabinet had assented to less than 48 hours before her cabinet was rocked by three resignations, leaves Britain with the “status of a colony.” He claimed that the Brexit deal Theresa May is seeking to avoided crossing any of...

Labour odds-on favourites for 2018 general election

Labour are now odds on to triumph at the next general election, with 2018 also the frontrunner to be the year that Britain next goes to the polls. The Tories were plunged into chaos this week following the resignations of David Davis and Boris Johnson. The resignations come on the back of Theresa May's Brexit strategy which has divided the cabinet and makes the possibility of another snap election more likely. Betway’s Alan Alger said: “They’re fleeing Cabinet like rats from...

Boris Johnson resigns as Foreign Secretary

Boris Johnson has resigned as Foreign Secretary just hours after David Davis walked away from the cabinet. The outspoken Brexiter joins a long list of MPs to quit Theresa May's cabinet, leaving the PM in dire straits. David Davis and his junior minister Steve Baker resigned their positions on Sunday night, and now Johnson has walked away in what is thought to be a protest over the Brexit policy she agreed with ministers at Chequers on Friday. Johnson, the most high-profile...

David Davis amongst frontrunners for Tory leadership

Resigned Brexit Secretary 7/1 to replace Theresa May After his surprise resignation as Brexit Secretary last night, David Davis, at 7/1 with Betway, is one of the frontrunners to replace Theresa May as Tory leader. With Davis now out of a job, his name has been added to an ever-growing list of potential leadership candidates to replace May on the back of the Chequers summit which she hosted. The current Prime Minister is now odds-on at 1/2 to face a...

Dominic Raab poses “direct and immediate threat to working people in Britain”

Theresa May has appointed someone who think British workers are 'lazy' and threatens rights including the minimum wage says GMB Dominic Raab, the newly appointed Brexit Secretary, needs to be held account for his previous comments denigrating British workers and proposals to weaken rights including the minimum wage says GMB. The Cabinet Minister, appointed by Prime Minister Theresa May today to lead Brexit negotiations after the resignation of David Davis, is the co-author of the hard-right 'Britannia Unchained' manifesto in...

David Davis resigns & Twitter reacts…he isn’t getting much love

As David Davis resigned from his Brexit role, Twitter came alive and it was almost impossible to find anything positive to say about him, so here are a selection of some of the best Tweets on the subject. Enjoy, unless you are David of course.   David Davis. You’re leaving the cabinet. Let’s have a look at your best bits: pic.twitter.com/K4rLwIENhR— David Schneider (@davidschneider) July 9, 2018 Brexit always made more sense as a protest position for a rabble of...

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