Damian Green sacked from Cabinet
Damian Green, until this evening Theresa May’s effective deputy, First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office, is now none of them:
Damian Green, one of Theresa May’s closest allies, has resigned from the cabinet after an investigation found he breached the ministerial code.
He quit after he was found to have made “inaccurate and misleading” statements about what he knew about claims pornography had been found on a computer in his Commons office in 2008.
In his resignation letter, Mr Green apologised for his conduct. [BBC]
The inquiry found he had misled the public and MPs over the finding of pornography on his office computer following his arrest in 2008. His departure is a sacking rather than a resignation in the normal meaning of that word because, as Theresa May’s letter to him states, “I asked you to resign”.
Will David Davis follow through on his threats and go too? He threatened to resign if Damian Green left office. But I guess his principles have left already on holiday:
David Davis says he is not resigning in protest
— John Stevens (@johnestevens) December 20, 2017
So David Davis was bluffing over his resignation threat and folded straight away. Good thing he doesn't need to do much negotiation in his job.
— Mark Pack (@markpack) December 20, 2017
Worth remembering also what happens when a senior politician suddenly goes:
Among all this, worth noting that a special adviser has just lost his job days before Christmas. Not fun for the staff when politics churns as it does.
— Isabel Hardman (@IsabelHardman) December 20, 2017
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