New Cabinet

[Nearly Sane]

Given Theresa May will be new PM this week, one wonders  what the make up of the cabinet  will be. One suspects that there will be, and has to be for brexiteers, though possibly not Boris.


Leadsom Chancellor?
Gove Home Sec or Foreign Sec
Fox - Health or Defence


And you have to reward your own closest supporters so possibly Grayling for Home Sec?

[Nearly Sane]

Different take on it from John Rentoul

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/who-would-be-in-theresa-mays-cabinet-a7128516.html

[wigginhall]

Wow, tons of people bellowing in my ear that May is tacking left, stealing Labour policies, we can live with her, and so on.   Eh?   I think this is naive. 

[Gordon]

I wonder if Leadsom was promised a decent job to opt out. If so her performance over the last few days is a worry.

[Nearly Sane]

Wow, tons of people bellowing in my ear that May is tacking left, stealing Labour policies, we can live with her, and so on.   Eh?   I think this is naive.

very.

[floo]

I wonder if Leadsom was promised a decent job to opt out. If so her performance over the last few days is a worry.

I sincerely hope not, she seems like a loose cannon, who would do more harm than good.

[Jack Knave]

I think one pressure on her is that she only has a 12 seat majority so the Brexiters can threaten to vote down any Brexit light ideas she may come up with. So I'm hoping for a full on Brexit agenda.

[Nearly Sane]

I think one pressure on her is that she only has a 12 seat majority so the Brexiters can threaten to vote down any Brexit light ideas she may come up with. So I'm hoping for a full on Brexit agenda.

What are Brexit light ideas?

[Hope]

So I'm hoping for a full on Brexit agenda.

SAo, what does a 'full Brexit agenda' look like, JK?  Andrea Leadsom, Michael Gove and Boris seemed to have problems outlining one.

[Hope]

I wonder if Leadsom was promised a decent job to opt out. If so her performance over the last few days is a worry.

I suspect that it was as much a realisation that she wasn't going to get the support from what she felt were her natural constituency - the women in the party.

[Jack Knave]

What are Brexit light ideas?

EEA and all that shit!!!

[Jack Knave]

SAo, what does a 'full Brexit agenda' look like, JK?  Andrea Leadsom, Michael Gove and Boris seemed to have problems outlining one.

Where we are trading with the world as others do like India and Australia etc., i.e. not part of the Single Market's political project.

[Walt Zingmatilder]

Where we are trading with the world as others do like India and Australia etc., i.e. not part of the Single Market's political project.

TERESA MAY BECOMES PRIME MINISTER WITH A HUGE...........................................
.......................Excuse when she does a shit job.

Another wonder of Brexit.

[Nearly Sane]

EEA and all that shit!!!

which some of the Brexiteers in the Tory party support. Which means you cannot assume them to be homogeneous, same as with Leave voters.

[Hope]

Where we are trading with the world as others do like India and Australia etc., i.e. not part of the Single Market's political project.

Do you know that places 'like India and Australia' want to trade with us?  After all, following the UK's accession to the EU back in the 70s, Australia radically refocussed its priorities towards its own neighbours - Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, etc.

[Walt Zingmatilder]

I think one pressure on her is that she only has a 12 seat majority so the Brexiters can threaten to vote down any Brexit light ideas she may come up with. So I'm hoping for a full on Brexit agenda.

But when Brexit is seen as toxic that majority will go anyway. Why dya think Leadsom followed Farage, Gove and Johnson?

[jeremyp]

I think one pressure on her is that she only has a 12 seat majority so the Brexiters can threaten to vote down any Brexit light ideas she may come up with. So I'm hoping for a full on Brexit agenda.

Most of the House is against Brexit. She might lose the support of some of her MPs, but she will gain support from elsewhere.

[jeremyp]

Where we are trading with the world as others do like India and Australia etc., i.e. not part of the Single Market's political project.

We already trade with India and Australia. This is more about how we trade (or not) with out biggest trading partner.

[Jack Knave]

which some of the Brexiteers in the Tory party support. Which means you cannot assume them to be homogeneous, same as with Leave voters.

I was just explaining what was meant by the term Brexit light.

[ProfessorDavey]

I was just explaining what was meant by the term Brexit light.

There is no such thing as Brexit light - we are either a member state of the EU or we aren't. Any settlement in which we are no longer a member of the EU is Brexit and is clearly complying with the result of the referendum that only asked whether or not we should be a member of the EU - no other question was asked.

[Jack Knave]

Do you know that places 'like India and Australia' want to trade with us?  After all, following the UK's accession to the EU back in the 70s, Australia radically refocussed its priorities towards its own neighbours - Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, etc.

People are always looking for more trade, so their eggs aren't all in one basket.

[Jack Knave]

But when Brexit is seen as toxic that majority will go anyway. Why dya think Leadsom followed Farage, Gove and Johnson?

But Brexit isn't toxic, except seen by the hysterically naïve.

Farage was never in the Tory government, Boris got stabbed by Gove and Gove was seen as a risk to the PM-ship, and Leadsom was a wee lass who looked over the parapet into the real world and wet her pants.

[Jack Knave]

Most of the House is against Brexit. She might lose the support of some of her MPs, but she will gain support from elsewhere.

And you think that will look like a strong PM-ship and government? And what about the mandate from 17 million people to leave the EU? They won't be too chuffed of parliament going against their will.

[ProfessorDavey]

And you think that will look like a strong PM-ship and government? And what about the mandate from 17 million people to leave the EU? They won't be too chuffed of parliament going against their will.

I thought those 17 million were all in favour of the UK parliament being sovereign - clearly not.

[Jack Knave]

We already trade with India and Australia. This is more about how we trade (or not) with out biggest trading partner.

Well no it's not. It is about uncoupling ourselves from an insane political project which is falling apart fast.