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jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 05:02 AM Aug 2013

Ministers face sack over Syria shambles

At least five Government ministers face the sack in the wake of David Cameron’s humiliating failure to secure parliamentary backing for military strikes against the Syrian regime.

Alan Duncan, David Gauke and Steve Webb failed to return from holiday to support the Government, angering the Prime Minister, according to sources.

Justine Greening, the International Development Secretary, and Mark Simmonds, a junior Foreign Office minister, claim to have not realised that voting had begun as they were in a meeting. Commons officials said the explanation was baffling as it “would have been clear” that a vote was happening.

Kenneth Clarke also abstained after being given permission for “logistical family reasons”, but the 73-year-old minister without portfolio is widely expected to lose his job anyway in a forthcoming reshuffle.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10277598/Ministers-face-sack-over-Syria-shambles.html

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Ministers face sack over Syria shambles (Original Post) jakeXT Aug 2013 OP
Let's start with sacking Cameron first, then go from there. nt bemildred Aug 2013 #1
While I believe that I understand what you mean, BlueMTexpat Aug 2013 #2

BlueMTexpat

(15,366 posts)
2. While I believe that I understand what you mean,
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 09:54 AM
Aug 2013

unless you have British citizenship, please do not say "let's." That's all too reminiscent of what the US tries to do around the world and distracts from the issues.

As for Cameron (and I do not like him either), "let's" let the British themselves decide what they want about him, including sacking (which is what I believe you really meant). They more often get it right than wrong.

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