Annelise Dodds has quit her job as International Development Minister over the foreign aid cuts.
@christineburns and as Women and Equalities as well.
@jen Well, I guess that follows. Nobody ever has Women and Equalities on its own. It's always a side hustle, given that it doesn't have a proper Department. I'm sad as I had more faith in her than most of the options.
@christineburns @jen that's why she left. She had principles. The rest with possible exception of AR appears to apparatchiks or hired hands. Not entirely clear who's employing the hired ones!
@epistatacadam @christineburns @jen and refusing to listen to back benchers
@christineburns a Labour front bencher with good moral standards.
@christineburns quite honourable to wait until Starmer had returned