Nadhim Zahawithe former education secretary, was dropped in the role of chancellor at number 11 Downing Street and was promptly sent out to defend the Johnson administration on the breakfast news.
While Chris Pincher’s Touch Scandal Marked a Turning Point for Boris Johnson’s leadershipa stream of ministers handing in their red briefcases.
The exodus includes children’s minister William Quince and party vice chairman Bim Afolami.
For more and more conservative politicians, poor judgment in Pincher’s nomination as deputy head whip was just another disgrace after Partygate, the Downing Street flat renovation, the Arcuri scandal and the curious case of the disappearing Times news story.
Now the vultures are circling and a newspaper this morning suggested that this government was one “destined to devour itself”.
Johnson’s tumultuous day also included the prime minister’s questions and a session for MPs on the liaison committee.
So can the prime minister last a few more months, weeks, days or even hours?
To understand an intense week of intrigue in Westminster, The Leader podcast is joined by David Bond, deputy political editor of Evening Standard.
We also look at what pollsters are saying about Johnson’s popularity, or lack thereof, and whether Sunak’s suggestion that his administration was not “run properly, competently and seriously” offers a political advantage to Labour.
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