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Justine Greening just announced as Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women & Equality - no change.

Liam Fox holds onto his job as International Trade Secretary.

Would President Pence still be offered the State Visit? Is the visit not offered to the person, rather than the office of President?

That Useless Hunt is in Number 10. I am not hopeful that there will be any surprise about his job. He didn't look too unhappy.

Reshuffling ongoing. Damian Green (former Work & Pensions secretary) promoted to First Secretary of State and Minister for the Cabinet Office. David Gauke (former Chief Secretary to the Treasury) takes over his role as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Greg Clark continues as business...

Very deliberate leak here of a Boris Johnson message on the Tory MP WhatsApp group (I bet that's a barrel of laughs). Basically - get behind TM. In the background, murmurings of her being gone by Tuesday.

It's time to reshuffle that cabinet! Don't expect much change. Currently confirmed (all unchanged); Chancellor of the Exchequer - Philip Hammond Home Secretary - Amber Rudd Foreign Secretary - Boris Johnson ( :lol: ) Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union - David Davis Secretary of...

That will essentially never happen. :D

Apparently not. Per person, NHS spending has actually gone up slightly (surprisingly) in England and Wales, whilst falling slightly in Scotland and NI. (Nuffield Trust). There is expectation that a per-capita cut is going to happen in England and Wales too in the imminent future. Per...

Expect a light Queen's Speech. This is going to easily get the support of the DUP and Tories. They cannot afford any risks, or any dissent. With the DUP, the majority is very slender (two). It puts the longevity of the government at risk, but there's no way TM will risk this speech being voted...

^This is exactly the case with the NHS. They claim that "more money than ever" is being spent on the NHS (which is true in essence if you look at raw numbers), however with inflation it's a real terms cut.

Leaving the water behind, we get on a bus, ACTV service A, at 22:48. This bus departs from the adjacent bus stop to the pier. We take the bus to Incr. via Parri, Lido, Venezia, arriving there at 22:55 on Tuesday evening.

We walk onto the adjacent Preston Road in time to catch the 09:03 Tyrers Coaches 111 service to Seven Stars. We alight at Seven Stars St Annes School, Leyland; at 09:13 on Thursday morning.

Allegedly, Article 50 can be rescinded according to columnist Ian Birrell. This could be an interesting option - hold back on withdrawal from the EU in this time of chaos. I doubt TM will opt for this, and if she did the backlash would be extraordinary. But part of me thinks it could actually...

The rumour mill this morning on the Sunday politics shows... 1) Theresa May will not fight another election as Tory leader says Heseltine - hard to argue with that, surely? It was a complete disaster for them, and I can't see her being allowed to lead the party into 2022. Of course, if she...

We walk back to New Bonny Street (0.3 miles) and catch the 00:54 Blackpool Transport number 7 service (the last such service of the day) and take it for a short four minute ride past the tower up to Blackpool Clifton Street, arriving at 00:58 on Thursday morning.

Whilst the most vulnerable in society have been hit the hardest, those earning over £100,000pa have had a significant tax break. It's hard not to see that as one-sided. You can talk about home ownership all you like, but the people who have suffered the most under the Conservative and Coalition...

The statement that a majority government is essential backfires somewhat when you lose that majority though. All the talk of strength and stability suddenly goes out the window. I personally don't have a problem with minority administrations. The SNP are running one in Scotland at the moment...

We head to the nearby Squire's Gate railway station to see if there's any trains back towards Preston, but find a long term replacement bus service is in operation at nights. At 00:03 a Northern Trains replacement bus service arrives. Unfortunately, it's heading into Blackpool but we take it...

Laura Kuenssberg. In her sleep deprived state she was quite entertaining.