Millionaire lawyer Geoffrey Cox – who once forgot to declare £400,000 in earnings – has become Attorney General in Theresa May’s fightback reshuffle.
While Tory MP Jeremy Wright – who has not sent a single tweet since 2015 – has been promoted to become Britain’s new Digital Secretary.
The PM made the flurry of appointments last night after her Government was plunged into crisis by the shock resignation of Boris Johnson.
He sensationally quit as Foreign Secretary as he tore into the PM’s Brexit plans – warning they risk turning Britain into a ‘colony’ of the EU.
His walkout came less than 24 hours after David Davis also resigned – leaving Mrs May’s premiership hanging on by a thread.
The PM has said she is determined to face down her critics, and moved to reshuffle her frontbench as she clings on in power.
Millionaire lawyer Geoffrey Cox (pictured right) has become Attorney General in Theresa May’s fightback reshuffle. While Tory MP Jeremy Wright (pictured left) has been promoted to become Britain’s new Digital Secretary
Questions were raised about whether Jeremy Wright would be the most enthusiastic new recruit to the post of DCMS Secretary after a quick search revealed that he has not sent a single tweet since 2015
Mr Cox – a senior barrister who is known as Britain’s richest MP – has agreed to ditch his lucrative legal career to take up his new frontbench role.
The QC, the MP Torridge and West Devon, earns up to £650,000 a year from his work representing his clients in court.
But strict rules means he cannot earn money from outside work while he is a Government minister.
He was forced to to apologise in 2016 after forgetting to declare about £400,000 in outside earnings.
And he came under fire after it emerged he remembered to claim 49p on his MPs’ expenses for a pint of milk. The claim was rejected.
Meanwhile, Mr Wright moved from being Attorney General to become Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – otherwise known as the ministry of fun.
But questions were raised about whether he would be the most enthusiastic new recruit to the post after a quick search revealed that he has not sent a single tweet since 2015.
And in total he has only sent five tweets and is following a meagre 45 people.
Mr Wright is the Government lawyer who oversaw the failed High Court challenge on Article 50.
Mrs May faced one of the toughest days of her political career yesterday after she was hit with Mr Johnson’s dramatic resignation – plunging her Cabinet and Brexit plans into crisis.
She faced down her critics at a packed meeting of her parliamentary Party in the Palace of West inster yesterday.
Speaking to the media alongside First Lady Melania today before leaving the US, Donald Trump said it was ‘up to the people of Britain’ to decide whether Mrs May stayed on as PM
here are already fears of tensions, after he publicly clashed with Mrs May (pictured in London today) over criticism of crime levels in London, the performance of the NHS, and retweeting posts from a far-right group
She warned mutinous MPs that they risk handing the keys of No10 to Jeremy Corbyn if they revolt and oust her.
But she faced a fresh turmoil today when Donald Trump – who is coming to Britain later this week for his first visit as President – said the country is ‘in turmoil’ and refused to endorse Mrs May as PM.
The US president said it was ‘up to the people’ of Britain to decide whether Mrs May stayed on in Downing Street.
He also heaped praise on his ‘friend’ Mr Johnson – who dramatically resigned from government yesterday over Brexit – and suggested he could meet him during the trip.
The comment comes just days before he is due to fly into the country for a long-awaited working visit.
Speaking to journalists as he set off for a Europe, Mr Trump said there were a ‘lot of things’ going on in the UK at the moment and the country seemed to be ‘somewhat in turmoil’.
‘The UK certainly has a lot of things going on,’ he said.
‘Boris Johnson’s a friend of mine. He’s been very, very nice to me. Very supportive.
‘And maybe we’ll speak to him when I get over there.
‘I like Boris Johnson. I’ve always liked him.’
Asked by DailyMail.com whether Mrs May should continue as PM, Mr Trump said ‘that is up to the people’.