Boris’s new rock-solid Brexiteer Cabinet will send chills through EU, says PATRICK O’FLYNN

CABINET departures can break prime ministers and those of chancellors are traditionally seen as the most damaging of all. The exit of Nigel Lawson undoubtedly hastened the end for Margaret Thatcher, while Tony Blair never dared to risk Gordon Brown resigning and therefore often gave way to him, despite wishing on several occasions that he could install someone else at the Treasury.