Liz Truss has dumped Rishi Sunak supporters and installed loyalists into top jobs as she ignored calls to unify the party in a Cabinet reshuffle.
The new Prime Minister sacked Dominic Raab, who had branded her plans "electoral suicide", just 40 minutes after entering Downing Street along with Sunak-backers Steve Barclay, Grant Shapps and Shailesh Vara.
The wife of Veterans Minister Johnny Mercer branded her an "imbecile" after she sacked him. He lashed out at her for "rewarding her supporters".