Johnson loyalists jump or are pushed on to ministerial scrapheap
by Aubrey Allegretti from World news | The Guardian on (#63ARP)
High-profile names relegated to backbenches as punishment for failing to back new PM
It's not just Boris Johnson who is yesterday's man: a throng of his administration's most memorable faces are now on the ministerial scrapheap. Some jumped, some were pushed, but most have probably performed their final spell in government.
As Liz Truss swept into power, brushed away to the backbenches were Dominic Raab, Steve Barclay, Grant Shapps, Priti Patel, Nigel Adams and Nadine Dorries.
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