Two more quit as May brings in ‘iffy blokes’

THERESA May held a fragile grip on power last night after two more top Tories quit over her Brexit plan.

Party vice-chairs Ben Bradley and Maria Caulfield walked out, both warning the PM her strategy would mean Jeremy Corbyn being elected.

Mr Bradley, exposed by the Mirror last year when he called for jobless people to have vasectomies, said he feared Mrs May’s Chequers deal would be “the worst of all worlds”.

And Ms Caulfield, the party’s vice chair for women who has called for a reduction in abortion time limits, added: “This policy will be bad for our country and bad for the party. The direct consequences of that will be Prime Minister Corbyn.”

Mrs May’s reshuffle – forced by the resignations of Brexit Secretary David Davis and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson – promoted seven men to senior positions, despite concerns over their suitability.

Justin Tomlinson was made a Pensions minister despite having been suspended from the House.

New Attorney General Geoffrey Cox once failed to declare more than £400,000 in earnings by a deadline.

Kit Malthouse, new Housing Minister, once vowed to make life uncomfortable for the homeless and Dominic Raab, Brexit Secretary, called feminists “obnoxious bigots”.

And the new Digital and Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has not tweeted since 2015.