So Sunak supporters all sent to the backbenchers along with most of Boris's sycophantic supporters.
They may not be out of the limelight though, there will be places on the Parliamentary Selected Committees to fill, including their chairs. One that will definitely need replacing is that for Foreign Affairs, its incumbent is Tugendhat (the only reason that people outside of Tonbridge had heard of him); I would have thought Hunt was likely to keep Health so there is some potential for considerable scrutiny of government policy in two high profile ministries that will doubtless keep News channels in material should the chairs wish it.
Ben Wallace was hoping to get the Secretary General job at NATO from 1st October, but the incumbent Jens Stoltenberg had his second four year term extended by a further year to 30/9/23, probably in the main because of the Ukraine/Russia situation. I suspect he still harbours ambitions, and why not? He'll mark time, politically speaking, keeping well out of the upcoming domestic chaos.
Thanks, I hadn't realised. He had better hope that Truss doesn't go back on her word and call an early election. (Although I could see Starmer putting his name forward, no obvious UK alternatives, safe pair of hands, competent, potential Conservative leader out of the way.)
... especially now Dorries is soon to depart to another place.
Her replacement, Michelle Donelan. achieved a degree of fame by being Secretary of State for Education for thirty-six hours. She has also worked in marketing for Marie Claire, The History Channel and World Wrestling Entertainment (so she has Culture and Media tied up, not so sure about Digital and Sport). I'm just hoping she'll have another look at Dorries' bonkers plans on Channel 4 in particular.
Johnny Mercer reportedly very unhappy at losing his (only recently acquired) place in the Cabinet. Another by-election in Devon soon?!
I know that he has been passed over for another former veteran, but Armed Forces and Veterans is not exactly a high-profile post. Lydon Johnson was probably pretty low down in the list of Best US Presidents, but he did come up with a decent quote about J Edgar Hoover, something to do with tents and urination. Truss would have done well to look it up.
Additionally. Brandon Lewis may find his in-tray pretty full (thanks to 'do-nothing' Raab), not only are are Criminal Barristers striking but court Legal Advisors are too. But not over pay - but an IT system that has been equated to the Post Office 'Horizon' software. I knew nothing about it until I listened to a programme on it
It was to be one of the most ambitious just reform programmes in the world – a ‘common platform’ that would share information between the courts, lawyers and police, from arrest to court. But the quarter-of-a-billion pound IT project now stands accused of causing wrongful arrests and unlawful detentions. File on 4 has spoken with whistle-blowers from within the court service who say the system is unsafe, unfinished and beset with bugs, errors and glitches. Sources say early warnings were ignored and worry that the software continues to be rolled out to courts across England and Wales despite serious concerns about the risk it poses.
Programme synopsis from
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001brqf