Reshuffle: Ken Clarke out as David Cameron prepares to promote women
Ken Clarke has lost his role as minister without portfolio as David Cameron starts making a series of high-profile sackings as part of his final reshuffle before the general election
6:39PM BST 14 Jul 2014
Ken Clarke has lost his Cabinet post as part of David Cameron’s final reshuffle before the general election.
Mr Clarke, who first became a minister in 1972, stepped down as minister without portfolio after being informed that he would lose his job.
Mr Cameron wants to use his reshuffle to end the dominance of “old, white men” in his Cabinet ahead of the election campaign.
He will promote a series of women including Liz Truss and Esther McVey to Cabinet positions, it is understood.
Mr Clarke waved to the cameras as he departed Downing Street after the decision was finalised.
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As many as 10 women are expected to be promoted in the reshuffle.
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Extract only - FULL - The Telegraph - here.
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Following have been ousted by Conservatives:
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As many as 10 women are expected to be promoted in the reshuffle.
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Extract only - FULL - The Telegraph - here.
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Following have been ousted by Conservatives:
David Jones
David Willetts
Stephen Hammond
Alan Duncan (resigned)
Andrew Robathan (resigned)
Owen Paterson
Nick Hurd (standing down)
Eric Pickles (thought to be facing dismissal)
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Ken Clarke
One of Britain's best-known politicians, he has served in the Cabinet as Education Secretary, Health Secretary, Justice Secretary, Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Since 1997 he has been the President of the Tory Reform Group. He has contested the Conservative Party leadership three times – in 1997, 2001 and 2005 – being defeated each time. Although opinion polls have shown him to be popular with the general public, his pro-European views conflict with the Conservative Party's Euro-sceptic stance. He is the fifth-longest-serving cabinet minister in the modern era having spent more than 20 years in the cabinets of Conservative prime ministers Margaret Thatcher, John Major and David Cameron. [wikipedia]-----------------------------------
COMMENT
So these people were good enough before the election but now that the election's coming:
"Mr Cameron wants to use his reshuffle to end the dominance of “old, white men” in his Cabinet ahead of the election campaign. "
This was a joint decision of the Conservatives and they sound like a pack of slimy bastards ditching experienced ministers, in the scramble to win over: the liberal votes, women's votes and ethnic votes.
Who would vote for a party that has no loyalty to their own?
Moreover, no loyalty to the 'old, white men' that have served their government well; and no respect for hard earned political experience.
Cameron is such a slime. What a con artist.
Can you imagine the Conservatives standing by their campaign promises? Nope. I don't think so.
If they can't stand by their own ministers, what are the odds of them standing firm on anything.
Sound like a pack of opportunists.
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