Gavin Williamson, MP.

[Guy Profumo]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-25586736

Mr Williamson said: "Local residents understand they live near a prison but they do not really want ex-inmates strolling around trying to find a way home to either Liverpool or Birmingham or Bristol or wherever they come from."

(A man who was once told by John Bercow his job was "to nod his head in the appropriate places, and to fetch and carry notes")

[Evariste Euler Gauss]

Gavin Williamson, MP.

What an absolute twat. Great comment from Bercow. Speaks volumes about Cameron that he appoints a twat like that as his PPS.

[Guy Profumo]

Gavin Williamson, MP.

Evariste Euler Gauss wrote: What an absolute twat. Great comment from Bercow. Speaks volumes about Cameron that he appoints a twat like that as his PPS.

Yeah. I know. Does he not realise a construction like "either… or… or…" is gramatically incorrect?

[Gangster Octopus]

Sacked.

[ursus arctos]

Sounds like an excellent illustration of rats in a sack

[Sporting]

Er..."asked to leave"!

[ursus arctos]

An offer he can't refuse

[Sporting]

Is "We're letting you go" a common phrase in US English?

[sw2borshch]

What is it with the Tories and disgraced former Defence Secretaries?

[Nocturnal Submission]

"He'll be spending more time with his tarantula".

[ursus arctos]

[URL]https://twitter.com/bethrigby/status/1123632523966337024?s=21[/URL]

[ursus arctos]

Is "We're letting you go" a common phrase in US English?

Yes

[sw2borshch]

I see she hasn't asked him to leave the party.

Penny Mordaunt has replaced him.

[ursus arctos]

Click through to read the whole thread

[URL]https://twitter.com/tiernandouieb/status/1123633845335678976?s=21[/URL]

[sw2borshch]

Apparently Williamson is still denying it. I hope he sues May.

The impossible becomes possible constantly with this Government.

[ursus arctos]

Cable is calling for a criminal inquiry

[Duncan Gardner]

At this rate Karen Bradley will get Chancellor

[SouthdownRebel]

Williamson is a petulant weasel. No loss. Of course, they do have a fairly inexhaustible supply of those types so it doesn't really change anything.

[sw2borshch]

Not the news you want on the eve of a semi-national election, mind.

[ursus arctos]

It would be extremely humourous if Williamson was in fact telling the truth and had been stitched up by one or more of his dear colleagues.

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Apparently Williamson is still denying it. I hope he sues May.

The impossible becomes possible constantly with this Government.

Now then, the ante has been upped. This situation is joyful enough but could be improved even more if there has been a fuck up.

[Check out @AliBunkallSKY’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/AliBunkallSKY/status/1123642678778957830?s=09

[SouthdownRebel]

Oh, indeed, Ursus, that would be delightful.

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Some crossed posts there but fair to say we've reached consensus. Labour need to be on top of this, it's Westland with bells (well, ring tones).

[Walt Flanagans Dog]

Mordaunt to Defence (first female in post), Rory the Tory frae round here to DFID, for services to defending May's deal on the radio.

[Sporting]

We may never know, given that if the journalists given the leak are not going to reveal their sourcel