Reactions as Grant Shapps appointed defence secretary
This is the former energy minister's fifth cabinet post in a year.
This is the former energy minister's fifth cabinet post in a year.
The former defence secretary warned that "the world will get more insecure".
Armed Forces Minister James Heappey and Chief Secretary to the Treasury John Glen have both been linked with the post.
This is not the first-time the party has suffered from a seemingly selective memory.
The former culture secretary finally handed in her resignation over the weekend, with a by-election now set to be scheduled in Mid Bedfordshire.
Ms Dorries accused Rishi Sunak of heading up a “zombie Parliament” and betraying Tory principles as she formally announced her resignation 11 weeks after she vowed to go.
The Lib Dem candidate, Emma Holland-Lindsay, has also pledged not to take a second job or presenting gigs.
But the Lib Dems are also hopeful they can snap up the traditionally safe Tory constituency from third place in 2019.
She launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister as she handed in her resignation more than two months after pledging to go.
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