Heads roll as UK PM carries out cabinet cull
Saeed Pourreza
Press TV, London
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, removing several key ministers. This is the second major reshuffle since Johnson was elected to number 10 Downing Street in July 2019, raising questions about its purpose and timing.
It’s the biggest shake-up of his team since he entered Downing Street; a cabinet cull by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson that’s seen several sackings and demotions.
Public satisfaction ratings had already spelt out the end for them. The most unpopular one to go: Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, at the center of a fiasco last year over how to grade students during lockdown. And following him to the gallows: Housing Minister, Robert Jenrik and Justice Secretary Robert Buckland.
But the biggest proverbial tree that’s not exactly been felled but heavily pruned, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, demoted to justice secretary and given the sweetener title of deputy prime minister.
Dominic Raab will be replaced by international trade secretary Liz Truss, a darling of the conservative party grassroots over her attacks on political correctness. On the same par, the new culture secretary- Nadine Dorries who has a reputation for outspoken attacks on liberal opinions.
Britain will now have a new housing minister too in the form of Michael Gove in charge now of solving the UK housing crisis. And last but not least, new education secretary Nadine Zahawi, until now the country’s vaccination minister.
Weeks of reshuffle uncertainty are now ended at the cabinet level. Lower ranks in the government now are probably sitting by the phone. And it’s all happening at a time when National support for Conservative Party has slumped to its lowest level since the 2019 general election giving the Labor Party a lead in the polls.
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