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The seven biggest losers of Boris Johnson’s premiership

Now that Boris Johnson’s new ministers are in place and the key players in his administration firmly established, the curtain has been decisively drawn over the May era. But who has lost the most and been cast aside in the transition to Boris’s new ‘golden age’?

Mr S. presents his pick…

Alan Duncan

Alan Duncan, who was dubbed Boris’s ‘pooper-scooper’ when they worked together in the Foreign Office, jumped before he was pushed when he resigned as a minister last week. Duncan said he had quit to try and table a motion on the new PM’s ability to command a majority – which he failed in doing. He insisted however that this was not done out of ‘personal animosity of any sort’ and claimed he would have voted for Johnson. Mr S thinks this is a little strange seeing as only last September he said the new PM was #neverfittogovern and pledged to ‘make sure’ of his demise…

Penny Mordaunt

Having been a good fit for the role of Defence Secretary, Mordaunt is among the few prominent figures on the Vote Leave campaign not to have been offered a place in Boris’s cabinet.

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