Politics

15 favourite reactions to Rishi Sunak’s new Cabinet deck-chair arrangement

On Tuesday, Rishi Sunak held a mini reshuffle of his Cabinet in response to having sacked his Conservative Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi.

It provided the perfect opportunity to address some gaps in the expertise of his government and to ditch the Deputy PM Dominic Raab, who now faces at least 25 accusations of bullying.

Instead, he broke up some departments to create four new ones, at a cost of £60-£100 million, appointing or moving people with poor or troubling track records – and Raab is still DPM.

This is what the new appointments look like.

There was also this surprise promotion.

It’s the political transfer window from Hell, with not a single keeper in sight.

Best for Britain put the new Cabinet in context.

Five reshuffles, four Chancellors of the Exchequer, three Prime Ministers, two Deputy Prime Ministers …and a partridge in a pear tree.

The reshuffle went down brilliantly with tweeters – at least the ones who appreciate promising comedy prompts when they see them.

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