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muriel_volestrangler

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6. He's got rid of anyone who might not be personally loyal to him

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #5)

Sun Jul 28, 2019, 02:22 PM

Jul 2019

Penny Mourdant is, apparently, a keen Brexiteer, but supported Hunt in the election; so she was out. Same went for Liam Fox. Mundell, the 'senior' Scottish Tory MP (the only one, from 2015-17), and close to Ruth Davidson, was kicked out - he had said No Deal would be bad. And maybe anyone close to Davidson was a problem for Johnson, since she seems like a sensible politician, in comparison to him.

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