Two senior ministers resign, weakening Boris Johnson’s hold on office

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Two senior ministers resign, weakening Boris Johnson’s hold on office
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Despite the dire outlook for his job security, Boris Johnson still has his backers. They claim that he “got Brexit done” and ”got all the big calls right” during the pandemic, and point to his unstinting backing for Ukraine

, the health secretary, departed within minutes of each other. Several junior figures followed, among them Alex Chalk, the solicitor-general, and Bim Afolami, a vice-chair of the party, who in almost satirical spirit quit during an interview on TalkMr Johnson quickly replaced Mr Sunak with Nadhim Zahawi, the education secretary, and Mr Javid with Steve Barclay, a peripatetic loyalist who in his previous post was the prime minister’s chief of staff.

For Messrs Javid and Sunak, that was apparently the last straw, even if neither mentioned the Pincher affair in their resignation letters. “The tone you set as a leader, and the values you represent, reflect on your colleagues, your party and ultimately the country,” Mr Javid wrote. Mr Sunak was similarly stinging: “[T]he public rightly expect government to be conducted properly, competently and seriously.” Mr Sunak also hinted at differences over fiscal policy.

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