Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Remote MPs cannot make their presence felt, so cannot hold ministers to account
Brady, Walker and Baker did their best to challenge the lockdown regulations, but Hancock preferred government by press conference.
Posts Tagged: Edward Argar MP
Now the Health Secretary succumbs to the virus. Argar should stand in for him if necessary.
The Minster for Health will be across a lot of the detail, and is well placed to step up to chair the relevant Cabinet committee.
Truss is the new Womens’ Minister, Goldsmith will attend Cabinet. The Government is reshuffled at Ministerial level.
Seven changes in all given the recent run of resignations: it all has a bit of a provisional feel.
Which MP is backing which candidate. Our named estimates. Johnson 131, Hunt 48, Gove 36, Javid 22
Here’s our best stab at who is voting for whom, and this list will be updated each morning, as the contest continues.
Edward Argar: Why I am voting for Javid
We need a candidate who can not only deliver Brexit, but rebuild the broad Conservative church which will be essential to keeping Corbyn out of Downing Street.
Argar replaces Lee at Justice
The Prime Minister has appointed a reliable loyalist, but does this indicate confidence, or caution?
List of PPS’s
It doesn’t seem to be complete yet, but here are as many of the appointments as have been released to date.
Parliamentary Private Secretaries: full list
Seema Kennedy becomes the Prime Minister’s second PPS. Brexiteer Kwasi Kwarteng is PPS to Philip Hammond. And much, much more.
The full PPS list. One third Leavers. One third women. And ninety per cent May supporters.
There’s one undeniable trend among those promoted: they backed the winning candidate.
Mostly Remainers. Almost all May supporters. Majority female. The 21 new intake MPs promoted to PPS.
What does their selection reveal about the Government’s priorities? And why are some other rising stars missing?
The complete Cameron’s Children: an analysis of all 74 new Conservative MPs
On the surface, this intake looks different from those that have preceded it – and is in some respects. But beneath it, this is in many ways a very traditional Tory group.