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Hammond decides to jump
CHANCELLOR Philip Hammond began emptying his Number 11 home yesterday as he prepares to lead the Tory guerrilla war against Boris Johnson.
Spreadsheet Phil intends to jump before his new neighbour – expected to move into Number 10 on Wednesday – can sack him.
Mr Johnson has been holed up in a £9.5million Westminster townhouse owned by a Sky TV exec.
And as he drew up his new Cabinet, hundreds protested against Brexit in London yesterday.
Demonstrators gathered under the slogan “No to Boris, Yes to Europe”, carried posters and flew a blimp mocking him.
Mr Johnson is deciding whether to leave rival Jeremy Hunt as Foreign Secretary or replace him with his old mate David Davis, 70, who quit as Brexit supremo least year.
If Mr Hunt loses the Foreign Office, he is likely to be offered the consolation prize of First Secretary of State, meaning he becomes PM if Mr Johnson is run over by a bus.
Mr Davis has told him the only other job he will take is the Treasury, which Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Home Secretary Sajid Javid are also scrapping for.
The new Chancellor’s deputy is likely to be Tory Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg as Treasury Secretary.
Mr Johnson is anxious to break Tony Blair’s record of 36 per cent of women in the Cabinet.
That means returns for Boris backers Esther McVey and Priti Patel, promotion for
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