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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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