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Boris Johnson has begun to reshuffle his cabinet which has resulted in the unexpected resignation of chancellor Sajid Javid.
Reports suggest that Javid's departure was down to growing tensions between him and Johnson's close aide Dominic Cummings and a demand to have his own advisers replaced by those chosen by Cummings.
Hear that Javid was offerered to stay on as Chancellor on condition he fired all of his advisers - he refused and turned down job— Laura Kuenssberg (@Laura Kuenssberg) 1581594679
Javid has been replaced by the relatively inexperienced Rishi Sunak, the MP for Richmond and son-in-law of an Indian billionaire, who was only elected to government in 2015 and was appointed by Johnson as chief secretary to the treasury in July 2019.
This comes on the coattails of several prominent sackings from the cabinet including Andrea Leadsom, Geoffrey Cox and Esther McVey, as Johnson looks to reshape his government, post-Brexit.
Javid has now become the shortest-serving Chancellor since Iain MacLoed in 1970, who sadly died in office.
BREAK: Sajid Javid has resigned. A budget is due in less than a month. He becomes the shortest serving Chancell… https://t.co/d2cMezJRYN— Lewis Goodall (@Lewis Goodall) 1581594895
As you can imagine, Javid dramatic departure has created a lot of discourse (and jokes) on Twitter, especially as he was due to deliver a budget in less than a month.
Boris Johnson: Someone so dreadful you end up feeling admiration for Sajid Javid.— Ian Dunt (@Ian Dunt) 1581595546
Wow! Sajid Javid has found a spine! Resigned cos Johnson insisted he sack his advisors and replace them with hand p… https://t.co/fe5jeVx3bu— Mandoline 🐦 (@Mandoline 🐦) 1581595228
A shame to see Sajid Javid go before he had chance to tell us what his dad did.— David Whitley (@David Whitley) 1581594870
Sajid Javid resigning because he wouldn’t ditch his advisers shows Dominic Cummings is being allowed to treat Senior Ministers like children— Kevin Brennan MP (@Kevin Brennan MP) 1581594843
Sajid Javid sensationally quitting as Chancellor destroys Boris Johnson’s reshuffle. The PM confirms he’s an incompetent leader.— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin Maguire) 1581595435
Blimey. Sajid Javid resigns as Chancellor. That's the forthcoming budget down the Ubend ?— Clare Hepworth OBE (@Clare Hepworth OBE) 1581595341
So, Sajid Javid has resigned! It seems he might actually have a conscience after all!— Derek James 💙 #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 (@Derek James 💙 #RejoinEU 🇪🇺) 1581596322
All that shucking and jiving, only to get dropped? https://t.co/aTCnvLq9EN https://t.co/A9jAxHkV6Q— 🇬🇭 Carl Anka 🇬🇭 (@🇬🇭 Carl Anka 🇬🇭) 1581595215
Comprehensive list of Sajid Javid’s achievements as Chancellor: - - - - - - unveiled a 50p coin - - -— Have I Got News For You (@Have I Got News For You) 1581596404
Sajid Javid has resigned. Has he had a sudden attack of moral decency? https://t.co/RKrIeIN04r— Jonathan Pie (@Jonathan Pie) 1581596825
Forcing out Sajid Javid is a hell of a dead cat to stop people talking about a £15,000 freebie holiday in Mustique— Gordon Rayner (@Gordon Rayner) 1581597277
Away from Javid, who will presumably return to a role in the backbenches, Sunak's meteoric rise through the Tory ranks has created a lot of backlash, especially when more experienced people MPs like Liz Truss are available, thus denying us the UK's first-ever female chancellor.
Has anyone else ever gone from 'not even an MP' to 'Chancellor of Exchequor' in less than 4 years?— Ally Fogg (@Ally Fogg) 1581596521
Any chance of Britain's first female Chancellor? No, thought not...— Etan Smallman (@Etan Smallman) 1581595817
ngl even liz truss is more qualified https://t.co/y9HePPBMLM— harry (@harry) 1581596430
Liz Truss right now #reshuffle https://t.co/w4bfSwEoyl— Ben Donoghue (@Ben Donoghue) 1581595255
And there we have it. The new Chancellor of the United Kingdom as we forge our new place in the world, is Rishi Su… https://t.co/hkPbBp2rob— Gina Miller (@Gina Miller) 1581597518
Effectively, Cummings is now in full control of our government. Sunak is a very junior near-automaton. There is no… https://t.co/gwJZRMj2vj— Alex Andreou (@Alex Andreou) 1581595346
People are saying Rishi Sunak is too inexperienced to be Chancellor, but the only skill he needs is the ability to… https://t.co/PQRcFi43jI— Parody Boris Johnson (@Parody Boris Johnson) 1581597608
Interesting fact: "Damn! Rishi Sunak is the new Chancellor of the Exchequer" is an anagram for "Unelected Dominic C… https://t.co/m3mhx08BAU— David Schneider (@David Schneider) 1581597258
We can, at least, confirm that Boris Johnson has been allowed to keep his job.
Off to a great start with my Cabinet reshuffle - Dominic Cummings has confirmed that I can stay on as Prime Minister. #reshuffle— Parody Boris Johnson (@Parody Boris Johnson) 1581584978
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