{"id":90372,"date":"2016-07-15T14:37:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T14:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=90372"},"modified":"2016-11-10T16:09:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T16:09:58","slug":"twitter-reacts-to-theresa-mays-cabinet-reshuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/twitter-reacts-to-theresa-mays-cabinet-reshuffle\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter reacts to Theresa May&#8217;s cabinet reshuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It was assumed that Theresa May would lead\u00a0with a similar cabinet to her predecessor, so she shocked everyone this week when she dismantled, rather than reshuffled, the Conservative team. Here are the\u00a0three changes which made the biggest impact on Twitter.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boris Johnson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>May\u2019s wild card was her appointment of Boris Johnson to Foreign Secretary, \u00a0a move that\u00a0sent tremors throughout the diplomatic world: see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MoohnpHq1dA\">State Department spokesman Mark Toner\u2019s reaction<\/a> to get an idea of how this appointment is viewed internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter fell into a flurry of (panicked) activity when\u00a0the news was announced. Since his appointment, much has been made of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2016\/jul\/14\/boris-johnson-life-xenophobic-gaffes\">Johnson\u2019s previous gaffes involving world leaders<\/a>, including\u00a0the\u00a0likes of Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton and Turkish President Recep Erdo\u011fan.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/boris-johnson1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-entry_without_sidebar wp-image-90406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/boris-johnson1-532x360.png\" alt=\"boris johnson\" width=\"532\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Michael Gove<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michael Gove\u2019s sacking from Justice Secretary saw\u00a0the dramatic demise of the man that one newspaper coined \u2018\u2019Britain\u2019s worst political serial killer\u201d. With one swoop, May reset the balance of power between Gove and Johnson, sending a clear signal about\u00a0who had come out on top in their political struggle. While Johnson&#8217;s appointment generated far more activity, Gove&#8217;s social media mentions also increased significantly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Michael-Gove1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Michael-Gove1.png\" alt=\"Michael Gove\" width=\"532\" height=\"349\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Huffington Post\u2019s Paul Waugh also raised a legitimate concern for Gove now that Johnson is at the helm of our security services.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Paul-Waugh.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Paul-Waugh.png\" alt=\"Paul Waugh\" width=\"593\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blockquoteclass=twitter-tweetdata-lang=enplang=endir=ltrWatchoutMichaelGove.ahref=https:\/\/t.co\/7uCwTwiGYLhttps:\/\/t.co\/7uCwTwiGYL\/a\/p\u2014PaulWaugh(@paulwaugh)ahref=https:\/\/twitter.com\/paulwaugh\/status\/753301537435348992July13,2016\/a\/blockquotescriptasyncsrc=\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.jscharset=utf-8\/script\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeremy Hunt<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Jeremy Hunt was called to Number 10, it was widely assumed he would not walk out as a cabinet member. Having been engaged in a dispute with the British Medical Association for much of his time as Health Secretary, journalists and the public alike were surprised when he emerged as one of only four cabinet members to retain their previous position. Hunt addressed the rumours with the tweet below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>&#8216;Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated&#8230;&#8217; Thrilled to be back in the best job in Government.<br \/>\n\u2014 Jeremy Hunt (@Jeremy_Hunt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jeremy_Hunt\/status\/753560479658901504\">July 14, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blockquoteclass=twitter-tweetdata-lang=enplang=endir=ltr'Reportsofmydeathhavebeengreatlyexaggerated...'ThrilledtobebackinthebestjobinGovernment.\/p\u2014JeremyHunt(@Jeremy_Hunt)ahref=https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jeremy_Hunt\/status\/753560479658901504July14,2016\/a\/blockquotescriptasyncsrc=\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.jscharset=utf-8\/script\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jeremy-hunt2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-90403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Jeremy-hunt2.png\" alt=\"Jeremy hunt\" width=\"500\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blockquoteclass=twitter-tweetdata-lang=enplang=endir=ltr'Reportsofmydeathhavebeengreatlyexaggerated...'ThrilledtobebackinthebestjobinGovernment.\/p\u2014JeremyHunt(@Jeremy_Hunt)ahref=https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jeremy_Hunt\/status\/753560479658901504July14,2016\/a\/blockquotescriptasyncsrc=\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.jscharset=utf-8\/script\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blockquoteclass=twitter-tweetdata-lang=enplang=endir=ltr'Reportsofmydeathhavebeengreatlyexaggerated...'ThrilledtobebackinthebestjobinGovernment.\/p\u2014JeremyHunt(@Jeremy_Hunt)ahref=https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jeremy_Hunt\/status\/753560479658901504July14,2016\/a\/blockquotescriptasyncsrc=\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.jscharset=utf-8\/script\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was assumed that Theresa May would lead\u00a0with a similar cabinet to her predecessor, so she shocked everyone this week when she dismantled, rather than reshuffled, the Conservative team. Here are the\u00a0three changes which made &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":90388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7271,1449],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90372"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90372"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95656,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90372\/revisions\/95656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}