for them. two, thank you very much for being with us. that for them. two, thank you very much for being with us. that reaction i for them. two, thank you very much for being with us. that reaction was| for being with us. that reaction was fair from for being with us. that reaction was fairfrom sir keir starmer, the labour party leader, he was congratulating the new mp for selby and ainsty, let s remind ourselves of those very election results. the conservatives had to by election defeats, losing safe seats to labour and the liberal democrats. they ve overturned a majority in more than 20,000 votes in a north yorkshire seat of selby and ainsty. somerton and frome saw an overturning of a majority. their leader has just been celebrating the win in a constituency. the conservative party have received a powerful message from the public. but, the conservatives have held onto uxbridge and south wales lead in west london, let s get reaction now from conservative mp paul scully. minister for
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greg clark, he is the new levelling up greg clark, he is the new levelling up secretary who is replacing michael gove, who was sacked. anotherjohnson ally from the old days as the mayor of london, kit malthouse, the most senior minister in the cabinet office. that is a bit of a mover and shakerjob, someone who operates behind the scenes and does so in a way which kind of draws together lots of whitehall departments. it s a very influential post. then we have shailesh vara secretary of state for northern ireland. some of the key appointments there. we are told mr johnson has completed the appointments of a full replacement cabinet, so we will update you when we get the other names. those are the main changes for you. let s bring in nick eardley again. what are the series of appointments
had been drip fed through the morning on a new ministerial appointments. as i was explaining, we have had probably announcements on 50 people leaving the government in different capacities over the last few days. if you in cabinet with sajid javid and rishi sunak, the sacking of michael gove by boris johnson late last night. let us start with some of these appointments that have been made today. james claire who was an old ally of the prime minister from his days as the mayor of london, james claire league was there at county hall, city hall. he is now the new education secretary, replacing two people, nadhim zahawi, and of course his successor who had spentjust two daysin his successor who had spentjust two days in post. james claire in as education secretary.
expect a significant change in attitude from the conservatives. that one change in attitude i hope there might be would be a chance to reset relationships and look afresh at the request from nicola sturgeon for a section 30 order, to establish a mutually agreed way forward between edinburgh and london on holding a lawful independence referendum. but in terms of their desire to put the question again in scotland that we had in 2014, that remains unchanged. it is a case where the merits stand as to who occupies downing street. what are your thoughts on the plans of the prime minister to stay in power until probably the first week of october and party conference season, until there is a new conservative leader in place. so,