Boris Johnson’s first cabinet appointments are as nightmarish as we all expected
Priti Patel and Boris Johnson: Both were forced out of Theresa May’s government so it should be no surprise to see her appointed to his administration. Both have previously brought shame on the nation – as did new Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
A woman who was forced to resign from Theresa May’s cabinet as a threat to national security is now joining Boris Johnson’s – to take responsibility for national security.
Priti Patel was forced out in 2017 after it was discovered that she was carrying out her own foreign policy, independent of the UK government, by having talks with the Israeli government and trying to support its objectives in the UK.
She has been named as Mr Johnson’s new Home Secretary. It is ironic that a woman who was sacked as a security risk is now in charge of security. It is also hugely dangerous for everybody in the United Kingdom.
Similarly ludicrous is the appointment of Dominic Raab as Foreign Secretary. This is the man who – as Brexit Secretary – did not understand the significance of the Dover-Calais crossing.
Both Ms Patel and Mr Raab were among the authors of Britannia Unchained, the book that claimed British workers are “among the worst idlers in the world”, that the UK “rewards laziness” and “too many people in Britain prefer a lie-in to hard work”. Ironically, it turned out that they were among the laziest people in Parliament at the time, with Ms Patel’s attendance at 81.8 per cent, while Dominic Raab was the laziest of the lot with Parliamentary attendance of just 79.1 per cent.
So they were right. It seems the UK really does reward laziness – or at least, its Conservative government does.
Sajid Javid has been announced as the new Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Are we about to discover that he can’t do any sums?
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Javid as chancellor scares me more than the other two. An avowed Ayn Rand fan, totally opposed to the Public sector doing anything except property law and defence now holds the pursestrings to the Treasury. I wonder what will be left after his firesale of public sector assets that I anticipate will follow the No Deal Brexit these fanatics are lusting after?
A rich ex-banker in charge of taxation, what could possibly go wrong.
I prefer a lie in to hard work, who doesn’t? Am I supposed to feel guilty about that? Having said that, my CV is full of voluntary work and I’ve been volunteering at a foodbank for last 2 years. I was going to say British Politics is like a pantomime but it’s worse than that, it descended into farce a long time ago and now it’s like the Muppet show.
With a prime minister who is a disgrace to the office, and himself a threat to national security, it is only to be expected he will surround himself with similar untrustworthy and disgraceful characters. Is he, I wonder, setting up a cabinet intended to steal back Brexit Co Ltd votes in preparation for an early general election? After all, numbers in parliament are precarious for the ignorant, rude slob de-Pfeffel Johnson and his equally nasty cronies.