This Week in Politics

Cabinet Reshuffle in Britain

Rishi Sunak shakes things up with a cabinet reshuffle, perhaps to try and mask the sacking of Suella Braverman. The controversial, to say the least, Home secretary is out of a job, a loss to the right-wing part of the Conservatives. Her replacement is the former Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, and his replacement was David Cameron the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. David Cameron is renowned for the Brexit referendum, austerity and renewing the Conservative party on many fronts has returned. Mr Cameron doesn’t have a seat in the House of Commons rather he’s to be appointed a member of the House of Lords, or in other words, his official title will be Lord Cameron. Rishi Sunak’s appointment of the new Foreign secretary was a shocker and a strong play for voters. Whilst Mr Cameron is by no means popular, though he’s more popular than the rest of the Conservatives and is likely to bring a sense of stability to a government in chaos. The reminiscence over the Cameron years is likely to carry the Tories up in the polls. Victoria Atkins has been appointed the new health secretary.

Tim Scott Drops out of the Republican Primary

Tim Scott, a Republican in the senate representing South Carolina, has dropped out of the race to become the republican party’s presidential nominee. He was in the final days of his campaign trailing behind the other candidates struggling to obtain even 5% of the electorate. Tim Scott follows in the footsteps of Mike Pence in the realisation that a presidential run against Donald J. Trump is seemingly doomed. As we move ever closer to the first primary in Iowa many more of the Republican presidential hopefuls are likely to be hit by this realisation and be forced to drop out.

Mike Johnson Avoids a Government Shutdown – But at what Cost?

Mr Johnson House speaker has managed to pass a bill avoiding a government shutdown, however, he’s exposed deep divides within his party and perhaps made many discontent with his leadership. Kevin McCarthy the former speaker of the House saw his downfall to a similar bill, with many on the right of the GOP ousting him. Now that Mike Johnson has done the same with a substantial 93 out of 221 House Republicans voting against his bill (enough to lose him the speakership if they turned against him). Will what warranted Mr McCarthy’s downfall led Mike Johnson to the same fate, only the House Republicans can decide.