Braverman Out, Cameron In

[poliphilo]

 Suella Braverman, who was sacked as Home Secretary yesterday, is named after Sue Ellen Ewing from the US mega-soap Dallas. I find this both amusing and humanising. She is also a Buddhist of some sort- which I find hard to reconcile with the heartlesness of her politics.

She has been replaced by James Cleverly. What can we find out about him that is both amusing and humanising? Ah, here we are: he likes Warhammer 4000 and has a private (?) Youtube channel "dedicated to painting the games miniatures"  Thank you Wikipedia. I used to paint miniatures myself- though Warhammer was a bit too transhuman for my tastes.

Cleverly's sideways move allows David Cameron back into frontline politics as Foreign Secretary. Oh dear, I really thought we'd seen the last of him....

Comments

[cmcmck]

And her husband is Jewish just to add the the mix!

She's also a transphobe.............

[poliphilo]

Only she knows whether the positions she takes are matters of conviction or political calculation.

Some people seem to think she got herself sacked on purpose, the better to position herself for a leadership challenge with the backing of the far right.

[cmcmck]

I'm convinced she wanted to be sacked!