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Boris Johnson poised to ‘spare’ some female Cabinet ministers said to be facing sack in reshuffle amid sexism backlash

PM facing anger over suggestions he will sack as many as five female Cabinet ministers in reshuffle

thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/b…
Female Cabinet ministers furious about reshuffle reshuffle speculation

Here’s one: ‘It is coming from other predominantly male ministers who want our jobs

‘There’s an underlying element of sexism. If you’re a woman in high office you’re seen as a lightweight’
Here’s another female Cabinet minister on the ‘macho-macho’ reshuffle speculation

‘It’s all very macho-macho

‘It’s always the women who get singled out while it’s all the blokes having a laugh about it’
Here’s the latest on the reshuffle:

Lucy Frazer tipped to become Tories’ first female Attorney General, replacing Geoffrey Cox

Oliver Dowden replacing Nicky Morgan as Culture Secretary

Rishi Sunak staying on as chief secretary to treasury
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Govt to table emergency legislation that will *retrospectively* end automatic early release for 220 convicted terrorists currently behind bars

An extraordinary step - legislation could go down this week

Ministers braced for legal challenge but determined to push ahead
Robert Buckland, Justice Secretary, says 'underlying principle has to be that offenders will no longer be released automatically at the halfway point of their sentences'

The earliest point they will not be released is once they have served 2/3 of sentence
This is the legislative power that comes with an 80-strong majority

Emergency legislation to retrospectively end automatic early release of convicted terrorists can be pushed through Parliament in a couple of weeks
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Labour frontbencher Marsha de Cordova has used Sadiq Khan instead of Jeremy Corbyn on her election leaflet

She's the candidate for Battersea, a Labour-Tory marginal where Corbyn launched his campaign on Thursday

Her leaflet has *no mention* of Corbyn

thetimes.co.uk/article/labour…
Here's Sadiq Khan's endorsement for Marsha de Cordova:

'Marsha is the only credible option to keep fighting against Brexit in order to give the people of Battersea the final say on Brexit'

In a letter to constituents she says she will campaign 'night and day' to remain in EU
Tories believe a surge for the Lib Dems in Battersea could help them win seat back

It's a tight marginal - Labour held a 2,416 majority in 2017 - but Lib Dems have the potential to make significant gains

Hence Labour pitching it as ‘two horse race’ between Labour and Tories
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Exclusive:

Boris Johnson has abandoned the threat of a no-deal Brexit in the Conservative manifesto

He will instead pledge to get his deal over the line 'immediately' after the election

It's being framed to appeal to liberal voters

thetimes.co.uk/article/191e9d…
The Times can also disclose that Boris Johnson will *not* include a fiscal rule in the Tory manifesto

Comes as the Tories are poised to breach current fiscal rule *next week*

There's concern among some ministers about scale of public spending spree
The manifesto will be fully costed this time.

The Tories are keen to avoid the home goal of the 2017 manifesto which was uncosted, leaving opposition parties to fill in the blanks

It blunted attacks on Labour’s economic record
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The GLA investigation into the Johnson-Arcuri case is on hold pending completion of another inquiry by the IOPC which is itself suspended. Beyond that case here is a thread of other concerns about #Boris #Johnson conduct while #London #Mayor #Corruption
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EXCLUSIVE: A senior Boris Johnson aide has said the UK will forge a “special relationship” with Viktor Orban's govt in Hungary after Brexit

Video and quotes from Tim Montgomerie's incendiary speech at a right-wing think tank in Budapest last month here >

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Here is Johnson aide Tim Montgomerie last month on how he wants the PM to have a “special relationship” with Orban’s Hungary after the UK leaves the EU

These remarks were not signed off by the PM or No10

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💥People in government furious with Tim Montgomerie tonight

A source says he has not yet returned to No10 since the election and it is still to be decided whether he will continue in his job 💥

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Ishat Reza
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#Cabinet Ministers staying: Macaulay at Veterans;
Bennett at Crown-Indigenous;
Leblanc as President of Queen’s Privy Council;
Bains at Innovation;
Morneau at Finance;
Garneau at Transport;
Bibeau at Agriculture;
Lebouthillier at Revenue;
Sajjan at Defence... #cdnpoli
#Cabinet Ministers staying in the same portfolio contd

Lametti at Justice; (who took a special oath)

New portfolios:
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... #Cabinet Ministers with new portfolios:
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"I really respect what she's done in terms of recognising the error of the approach that she set out and putting in place something to potentially rectify that." @ManduReid on @BBCNews discussing the diversity of @CarolineLucas's all-female #cabinet proposal
"We are facing a national emergency. We need different approaches, we need to break the deadlock, we need to change the perspectives that get in the room & get air time. & actually, bringing women around the table would be a completely different dynamic to the macho war cabinet."
"[Boris Johnson's war cabinet] have taken us to the precipice of no-deal, which will hurt women and that is reason enough alone for women to be involved in the decision making that actually helps us get through this as a country."
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David Henig
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Boris Johnson is going to be an unproven (at best) Prime Minister facing an unprecedented challenge for the country.

His back benchers to be are getting ready... Exhibit A
Exhibit B, this is the current Chancellor, hence unprecedented... huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/mps-comm…
Exhibit C, another current Cabinet Minister.

Perhaps they won't all act at the same time. But they don't need to to deny a Parliamentary majority news.sky.com/story/greg-cla…
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