they have certainly made up their. they have certainly made up their mind he will not fight the general election, it sjust a question mind he will not fight the general election, it s just a question of timing. election, it s ust a question of timinu. , ., timing. henry hill from conservativehome, i timing. henry hill from i conservativehome, thank you timing. henry hill from conservativehome, thank you very much. you have been getting in touch about how you marked your birthday, dean says, i turned 40 in up there and spend it at home with my family, it would have been wonderful to celebrate with friends and extended family but we stuck to the rules, shame those in charge can t their own rules. poppy says, i m disgusted at the total lack of respect by borisjohnson and number 10, we missed the birthdays of grandchildren or sat in the garden, what fools we were. who knew we could have a party and cake? darren says to my birth is at the end of march so you can imagine what it had been
collectively dealt with the pandemic but especially with the support of all nhs workers. let s speak to henry hill who is news editor of conservativehome: good morning. thank you forjoining us. reflecting on last night downing street news conference, was that the biggest divergence of political and scientific thinking we have seen during the pandemic? that scientific thinking we have seen during the pandemic? scientific thinking we have seen during the pandemic? at least in ublic, it during the pandemic? at least in public. it is during the pandemic? at least in public, it is very during the pandemic? at least in public, it is very difficult - during the pandemic? at least in public, it is very difficult to - during the pandemic? at least in public, it is very difficult to tell l public, it is very difficult to tell the extent of which there has always been an agreement behind the scenes. we are definitely at a point where ministers are definitely taking ownership of the decisions
more. conservativehome runs a monthly pull of members, and we been watching gavin williamson s rankings crisis after crisis after crisis, and we ve been wondering, when will he go? it turns out the prime minister was waiting for a full reshuffle. ~ ., , reshuffle. the thinking, it was alwa s reshuffle. the thinking, it was always set reshuffle. the thinking, it was always set in reshuffle. the thinking, it was always set in the reshuffle. the thinking, it was always set in the papers, i reshuffle. the thinking, it was always set in the papers, that| reshuffle. the thinking, it was i always set in the papers, that he knew where the bodies were buried. he had been chief whip and so on and no party leader would want to offend him or to demote him. molar no party leader would want to offend him or to demote him. no party leader would want to offend him or to demote him. now i suppose we see whether him or to demote him. now i suppose we see whether or him or to demote him. now
would be a comprehensive move on our international sending for some but i m quite confident robert buckland had no intention of going in that direction. , ., ., had no intention of going in that direction. , ., direction. very good to get your thou~hts. direction. very good to get your thoughts. thank direction. very good to get your thoughts. thank you direction. very good to get your thoughts. thank you for - direction. very good to get your thoughts. thank you for giving i direction. very good to get your. thoughts. thank you for giving us direction. very good to get your - thoughts. thank you for giving us an insight into what it is like for being sacked in a reshuffle by a prime minister. joining me now is the news editor of politics website conservativehome, henry hill. thanks very much for being with us. what is the big picture here. what do using borisjohnson is doing with this reshuffle? there were some ministers like gavin williamson and dominic raab actually who had hit t