Braverman’s swift rise to the top
Some Tories are concerned that Suella Braverman lacks the experience to be the government’s top legal official. It is certainly a step up. Her early cases in planning law included dealing with a man living in a horse box and a tent, who was refusing to move off a farm. We all have to start somewhere.
Sunak will see you shortly
Rishi Sunak is under pressure to turn on the spending taps and will have a long queue of MPs at his door demanding cash. It shouldn’t worry the new chancellor, as he is used to crowds. After marrying the daughter of one of India’s richest men, there were some 1,000 guests at the reception, including captains of industry, a badminton star and former Indian cricketer.
Cummings confronted
Plaudits across Whitehall for Lynn Davidson, the special adviser who confronted Dominic Cummings on Friday. She told him he had been out of order in warning spads that he wouldn’t see some of them after the reshuffle. Few take on Cummings and survive. Luckily Davidson is an adviser at the Ministry of Defence, so the close protection she will now need is close at hand.
Javid slopes off
Sajid Javid managed to retain some semblance of a sense of humour after being told to sack his advisers, refusing, and resigning as chancellor. At the end of a lengthy exchange with the prime minister, he quipped that it meant he could finally take a long overdue skiing holiday. It’s all downhill from here.
