Javid appointed UK finance minister in Johnson's brutal reshuffle
Sajid Javid was appointed Britain's new finance minister on Wednesday as Boris Johnson sacked half the Cabinet and installed one of the most right wing administrations in decades.
Within a couple of hours of his policy-light podium speech on the steps of Downing Street Johnson had sharpened his knife and in a brutal reshuffle, effectively installed a new government.
Leadership rival and Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who declined the role of Defence Secretary, was pushed out in favour of hard Brexit cheerleader Dominic Raab.
Javid was replaced as Home Secretary by the the hard-right Priti Patel, an advocate of the death penalty, which she once described as a “deterrent”.
Patel was forced to resign as International development Secretary in 2017 for holding unofficial meetings with the Israeli government while on a “private holiday”.
She also came under fire for suggesting that Britain should use the potential for food shortages in Ireland as a bargaining chip to secure a better Brexit deal from the EU.
Defence Secretary Penny Morduant was also relieved of her command having been a supporter of Hunt as Ben Wallace took her job. Trade Secretary Liam Fox was shown the door to be replaced by Ben Wallace.
Andrea Leadsom was appointed Business Secretary, replacing Greg Clark while Gavin Williamson returned to the Cabinet as Education Secretary just weeks after being sacked by Theresa May as Defence Secretary for allegedly leaking details from a national security council meeting.
Chris Grayling, the calamitous Transport Secretary who signed a no-deal Brexit supply contract with a ferry firm that had no ships, was allowed to resign as a nod to his undying support for Johnson and the Brexit cause. He was replaced by Grant Shapps.
Amber Rudd, who voted to remain in the EU, but soon embraced a no-deal Brexit during the Tory leadership contest was rewarded for her political epiphany by keeping her post at Work & Pensions.
Finance Minister Philip Hammond, Justice Secretary David Gauke and Development Secretary Rory Stewart all resigned to deny the new prime minister the satisfaction of firing them.