Ministers face sack over Syria shambles
At least five Government ministers face the sack in the wake of David Camerons 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.
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