‘He’s a classic arch-Thatcherite’: gbrading
Javid is a classic arch-Thatcherite; his ethnicity doesn’t enter into it. He voted for every policy that created the current disaster that is the Home Office. He will do absolutely nothing to improve the situation.
‘Obvious no brainer’: Driscoll
Javid’s appointment was the obvious no brainer appointment as home secretary. It also puts him a very strong position to take over from May should she be pushed under the wheels of a bus by furious Brexiteers or when she eventually steps down voluntarily. It also opens up a whole new possible Tory voter demographic against Labour under Corbyn should the above happen. There is no way a Brexiteer (I totally discount Gove, Johnson, Fox, Leadsom or Davis as serious contenders) could unite the Tory party in the event of May’s political demise and must also be a set back for Hunt and Williamson’s leadership ambitions.
‘He certainly fits the image the Tories want to portray’: SpecialPG
No surprises there then - Sajid Javid certainly fits the image the Tories want to portray while being a loyal ally. The noose still needs to tighten around the neck of May though, but we all know that senior Tories need her in place to take the crap for Brexit. What political intrigue we have.
‘I don’t have any time for him’: thewash
Had to be Javid, not much choice out of the ghastly MPs on offer. I don’t have any time for him myself, I don’t think he has been a very successful minister for housing and I think he is more a stop gap until the next reshuffle.
‘That was all a bit embarrassing’: DJT1Million
Well, that was all a bit embarrassing wasn’t it. No minister in the past would have carried on in the way Rudd has done, but at last she has done the right thing unlike many of her peers in the current Tory party that continue to cling on. Where does this leave May? Exposed, that’s where. She was the architect of the hostility to immigrants policy, the buck stops with her. And then there’s Brexit. How can the government carry on pretending it has the authority, and the backing from the British people, to carry on imposing Brexit on us?
‘Why should EU citizens trust the UK Home Office to protect their rights?’: Stewart Amsterdam
After reading about Windrush, why should anyone in the EU27 trust the UK Home Office to protect the rights of EU27 citizens living in the UK post-Brexit? Mr Barnier should insist on a strong role for the European Court of Justice regarding those rights post-Brexit.
‘May has thrown another person under the bus’: Eccentrix
Oh look, Theresa May has thrown another person under the bus. At a point, this tactic of blaming somebody else for her own blunders will fail because there will be no more people left to throw under the bus. This policy was as much her baby’s as Rudd’s. I hope Rudd’s resignation will not be the end of it.
‘Strong and stable?’: OhGoodGrief
Do strong and stable governments typically see four cabinet ministers resign in disgrace within six months?
‘Boris will strike with all his snake like guile’: bobthebuilder234
This week could be brilliant. We’ve had a ministerial resignation, next up the palaver over the new minister, then a massive kicking for the Tories at the local elections. I suspect Boris will see this as his opportunity and will strike with all his snake-like guile and May will go. Then all we need is for Boris to be Boris and this government will come crashing down.
‘Tomorrow is the beginning of May and also the end of May, hopefully’: Halloway
Tomorrow is the beginning of May. And also the end of May, hopefully.