Sunday People

TORY MINISTERS LEFT TO SORT OUT THE MESS

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Chancellor

Nadhim Zahawi, 55 Loaded landlord with a property portfolio worth a reported £100m, including two supermarke­ts. He backed Boris but changed his mind 24 hours later.

Deputy PM, Dominic Raab, 48 Stayed on holiday during the fall of Kabul. Wants to tear up human rights act. Co-wrote a book which branded British workers “some of the worst idlers in the world”.

Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, 46

Best known for getting angry about how much cheese Britain imports, and getting excited about opening new pork markets overseas and annoying Vladimir Putin.

Home Secretary, Priti Patel, 50 Stayed in her job despite an investigat­ion finding she had broken the ministeria­l code by bullying staff and still wants to send refugees to Rwanda.

Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries, 65

A gaffe-machine, most recently for not knowing the difference between Rugby League and Union, and for being unaware Channel 4 runs at no cost to the taxpayer.

Education Minister (Junior), Andrea Jenkyns, 48 Defended giving a group of voters the finger outside Westminste­r after Boris’s resignatio­n speech, saying she had “reached the end of my tether”.

Leader of the Commons, Mark Spencer, 52

Was probed by Lord Geidt, Johnson’s ethics advisor, over claims he told a Muslim MP her faith was among reasons she lost a ministeria­l job. He denies this.

Deputy Leader of the Commons, Peter Bone, 69 Defender at all costs of Boris Johnson. Used to ask David Cameron questions in the Commons on behalf of Mrs Bone – but in 2018 left Mrs Bone for his physio.

Attorney General, Suella Braverman, 42

Barrister who set the leadership race in motion when she announced she was running to replace Johnson live on TV, but refused to resign from his top team.

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