Resignation threats from likes of Theresa Villiers won’t worry PM too much,but he is not strong enough to impose cabinet unityHold the front page! Theresa Villiers is threatening to resign from the cabinet over Europe. On moment thought, you can stop holding it. Such a threat from the current Northern Ireland secretary is unlikely to command many front pages even in Belfast. Every cabinet, or even this one,has a few big beasts whose views matter. Villiers is not one of them. Liam Fox was a lower middling sort of beast with more growl than bite during his brief, poor tenure as David Cameron’s defence secretary. But was he correct to propose this weekend that No 10 would be both fair and wise to let cabinet members – possibly including both Theresas – campaign for a Brexit vote when the EU referendum comes?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com