May’s reshuffle sweeps out Cameron’s cabinet

A busy day for the new PM, as she clears out her predecessor’s top team.

Follow reshuffle news at The Guardian here
And at the BBC here
And at The Telegraph here

Sajid Javid is the new Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. https://t.co/bA8wR8gqsE

— The Independent (@Independent) July 14, 2016

Reshuffle news has slowed (a break for tea?) but all the latest is on our live blog here https://t.co/eHBpwcGE5C

— Mark Wallace (@wallaceme) July 14, 2016

All today's reshuffle announcements in one place: https://t.co/7sbc1TyhYR pic.twitter.com/vg0ZnvSPJ9

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) July 14, 2016

https://twitter.com/DavidAllenGreen/status/753530014747033600

https://twitter.com/DavidAllenGreen/status/753605010412466176

.@patel4witham now at @DFID_UK : not a great fan of aid charities https://t.co/DYQAeLnbwY #reshuffle

— Martin Barrow (@MartinBarrow) July 14, 2016

Karen Bradley as Culture Secretary. Makes sense with all her vast & varied experience of Culture. Oh. #reshuffle pic.twitter.com/LP8habV01x

— Tiernan Douieb (@TiernanDouieb) July 14, 2016

Whoever gets the Health job is lucky, thinking about it. £350 million A WEEK extra to spend! #reshuffle

— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) July 14, 2016

And the fallout from yesterday continues…

We may be nowhere near Peak Boris yet: https://t.co/QAE4kWMoKK

— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) July 14, 2016

https://twitter.com/jimwaterson/status/753600738216046592

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WORLD

With the Republican convention opening in Cleveland on Monday, presumptive nominee Donald Trump appears set to name Indiana Gov Mike Pence as his Vice-Presidential running mate, some media outlets are reporting.

So, Roll Call is the first to call it for Pence. https://t.co/UigEdLb7j5

— Sam Stein (@samstein) July 14, 2016

Pence held 8 am meeting w/ aides today to go over logistics in event he’s picked, @aaltman82 & @ZekeJMiller report https://t.co/qyKzTD5beK

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 14, 2016

Just for a moment, imagine the difference between a Chris Christie vs. Elizabeth Warren VP debate and a Mike Pence vs. Tim Kaine debate

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) July 14, 2016

Veepstakes: Trump tempted to pick Christie while some advisers push Pence as a safe choice. Heart vs. head https://t.co/Tk7ShIIMuU

— HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) July 14, 2016

Then again, there is a sizable number of people who don’t care who it is, as long as CNN never uses the “VPPrentice” tag again.

https://twitter.com/TheFix/status/753606172926672896

https://twitter.com/neithernor/status/753619099775754242

The non-pols really do feel like a group of Celebrity Apprentice contestants https://t.co/Miyc7rBLof

— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan on 🟦☁️) (@BrendanNyhan) July 14, 2016

BREAKING: The RNC's printer… https://t.co/rIYqQcyMwd

— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) July 14, 2016

Finally, Happy Bastille Day..

Happy #BastilleDay! On this day in 1789 revolutionaries stormed the Bastille calling for a change in order in France pic.twitter.com/6jF1574VP4

— Embassy of France in the U.S. (@franceintheus) July 14, 2016

The Overnight Note

Another day, another deadline

May’s reshuffle sweeps out Cameron’s cabinet

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