UK Politics Thread

[Furunculus]

The policy head says she resigned over his slur, but the current agreed line amongst Tory MPs (as someone screenshotted on Whatsapp) is that Johnson is being decisive in firing his aides.

you don't fire the likes of Munira Mirza - she was the brains of the outfit.
the only sensible view is that she resigned, and did so for the reasons she stated in her resignation letter.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...owning-street/

"Mirza, Boris Johnson’s policy chief and, some would say, his political muse, co-wrote the Conservative Party manifesto that delivered a landslide win for Johnson (also killing the Corbynite dream of a socialist Britain) and shapes the Government decisions that dictate everything from your liberties to your taxes."