Defence minister Tobias Ellwood sacked in reshuffle
It looks like
Tobias Ellwood has been sacked. Ellwood, a defence minister, said at the weekend that
a no deal Brexit could plunge the Tories into opposition for an awfully long period of time. But two days later
he said he would not be resigning from government.
Now he is out. He has posted this on Twitter.
The final line of his tweet, “Si vis pacem, para bellum”, means “If you want peace, prepare for war”. Whether that is a comment on defence spending, or on relations with Downing Street, remains to be seen.
Ellwood was
honoured for his bravery after he intervened to try to save the life of PC Keith Palmer, the police officer killed in the Westminster terror attack in 2017.