William Hague quits as Foreign Secretary in Cabinet reshuffle

[LeftishBrit]

William Hague is to stand down as foreign secretary, and will stay in the cabinet as Leader of the Commons, Downing Street has said. ...


As part of a significant ministerial reshuffle, veteran Conservative MP Ken Clarke has also stepped down.

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Meanwhile, other Conservative MPs to have lost their ministerial jobs include:

David Willetts, ex-universities minister
Nick Hurd, ex-minister for civil society
Alan Duncan, ex-international development minister
Andrew Robathan, ex-Northern Ireland minister
Damian Green, ex-policing minister....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28291281

[hrmjustin]

1. Wow! I have to say I am shocked about Hague.

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. I heard a rumour Osborne was going to move to Foreign Secretary

Oh God, it might have been true ... Osborne representing us abroad? At least Hague came across as intelligent ...

But then again:

A new foreign secretary will be appointed by the prime minister when he completes his reshuffle on Tuesday. It is understood that it will not be George Osborne, who had been tipped to take the job after the election.

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jul/14/cabinet-reshuffle-william-hague-tory-government

[LeftishBrit]

3. On Conservative Home (yes, I occasionally go there to 'know my enemy') they expect it to be Philip

Hammond.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. Nick Robinson tweets the same, and Newsnight just said it too

Hammond has risen without trace, as far as I'm concerned. Iain Duncan Smith to Defence, they say - at least he was a soldier. better there than messing around with benefits.

[LeftishBrit]

5. Better than fighting his fanatical war on poor people

[T_i_B]

8. Force IDS to be Defence Secretary

Don't pay him. Sanction him if he refuses.

See how he likes it.

[LeftishBrit]

9. Cameron is obviously too soft on those on the government dole like IDS...

as obviously he didn't want to move jobs, so he's now staying where he is, and Fallon got Defence.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. And they now reckon Liam Fox is coming back

Wow, I thought everyone agreed he'd been corrupt with his friend?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Fox#Adam_Werritty

[Jeneral2885]

7. Apparently he will be still a Special Representative

For global sexual violence. So Angelina Jolie will still get to meet with him. But now Hammond gets promoted. And the MOD will get a terrible replacement.

[Jeneral2885]

10. John Kerry awards Hague knighthood.

https://twitter.com/JohnKerry/status/489116417589927938