Little evidence of a fresh start in Boris Johnson’s mini-reshuffle

Boris Johnson in Downing Street. Critics described the changes as a ‘he-shuffle’. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock

When Sue Gray pointed to dysfunction in Downing Street as one cause of the party culture that had developed in No 10 during the pandemic, Boris Johnson told MPs: “I get it, and I’ll fix it.”

But Tuesday’s mini-reshuffle, promoting ultra-loyalist MPs who have battled to save the prime minister’s skin in recent days, and creating the post of “Brexit opportunities minister”, hardly gave the impression of a fresh start.