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Denzil_DC

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16. Oh, and this is fun:

Reply to Soph0571 (Reply #14)

Mon Jul 9, 2018, 10:28 AM

Jul 2018

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AMAZING - David Davis says Boris Johnson shouldn't have resigned

"I had resigned because this was central to my job... I don’t think it’s central to the foreign secretary." (via @IainDale @lbc)

There's so much counter-briefing going on at the moment, it's hard to keep up!

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David Davis resigns as Brexit secretary [UPDATE: JOHNSON'S GONE TOO!] [View all] Denzil_DC Jul 2018 OP

The Independent's now updating its story: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #1

May must make the case for patriotism. Eyeball_Kid Jul 2018 #27

And another one's going: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #2

Davis's resignation letter: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #3

And May's reply: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #4

From all that, it's difficult to know who to blame more.... T_i_B Jul 2018 #5

Agree on all points LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #6

Commiserations on having President Fart nearby this week T_i_B Jul 2018 #17

Quite a lot of us were there to express our views on having him in our backyard! LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #24

I support the anti-Trump protestors even more now.... T_i_B Jul 2018 #25

My reading is that May finally realized that the only way out of the years-long impasse Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #8

From a distance, seems to me it all began with Cameron. Matilda Jul 2018 #23

Steve Baker and Suella Braverman have also resigned LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #7

Johnson finally resigns! Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #9

Good riddance, except that he may now seek the keys to No. 10 and ultra-hard Brexit LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #10

The thought of Boris as PM obviously isn't one I'm keen on. Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #11

I think that although opinion polls would want a GE I doubt the Tories would listen Soph0571 Jul 2018 #12

One name being mentioned as Foreign Secretary on social media at the moment is Gove. Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #13

I think he would fly to take that job Soph0571 Jul 2018 #14

I suspect he'd do his damnedest to sprout wings if he could! Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #15

Oh, and this is fun: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #16

I checked oddschecker for who was favourite as new Foreign Secretary. "Tristram Hunt", strangely muriel_volestrangler Jul 2018 #18

The bookies, for once, don't seem to have any more of a clue than the rest of us: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #20

It's Jeremy H*nt T_i_B Jul 2018 #21

If Labour win a general election and get saddled with this mess.... T_i_B Jul 2018 #19

So now Jeremy Rhyming-Slang will be Foreign Secretary LeftishBrit Jul 2018 #22

One thing worrying me about Boris Johnson is his ambition. calimary Jul 2018 #26

I think he will be pontificating for the Telegraph again. T_i_B Jul 2018 #28

Indeed, having had to give up his Telegraph column when he became Home Secretary, Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #29

Add this to the list: Denzil_DC Jul 2018 #30