Some heads had to roll, otherwise simmering frustration with the prime minister would have turned mutinous
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the first post-reshuffle cabinet meeting at Downing street, London, Britain, September 17 2021. Picture: BEN STANSALL/REUTERS
Who can say how the wheels are turning inside the old Johnsonian brain? However, a few of Johnson’s motivations are clear. He has previously been accused of dithering around axing problematic individuals such as former health secretary Matt Hancock and senior aide Dominic Cummings. His loyalty to his lieutenants has also seen him refusing to sack home secretary Priti Patel, despite the opposition alleging she has broken the ministerial code.
Another significant sacking on Wednesday was of former education secretary Gavin Williamson, who has been replaced by highly effective former vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi. With schools opening earlier this month as we head into another Covid winter, Williamson had to go: nearly everything in his brief during the pandemic has been a total disaster.
Of the 24 cabinet members, including the prime minister, only 13 are white males, just more than half of the top table. The cabinet has six women and five men of colour, and their roles are definitely not tokens. The female home secretary, Patel, the fourth-most powerful person in the cabinet, and the third-most powerful , chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak were born in the UK to immigrant parents of Indian descent.
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