At just after 9.30am this morning, after the coffee and the pleasantries and exchanging of sad glances about poor Amber, they will go through to take their seats. Theresa May will cast an eye around at the sixth – yes the sixth – version of a cabinet that she has had in less than two years. She will look across the coffin-shaped table at her new home secretary. And perhaps for just a split second wonder if Sajid Javid’s arrival in her old job may have shortened her time in her current one in the only seat at the table with arms. The departure of Amber Rudd, technically over not telling the truth about targets but swept away by…

Source: The Times May 01, 2018 08:03 UTC