OPINION - It's the job they all want, so who will Rishi Sunak pick to replace Ben Wallace?
It was the nickname given to Gavin Williamson when he was defence secretary in the Theresa May government. Allies of the then-chancellor Philip Hammond briefed the Dad’s Army jibe to the press in return for the young Williamson allegedly stirring up a backbench rebellion on defence spending. It’s precisely this scenario that Rishi Sunak is trying to avoid in the ministerial shake-up he is planning for when MPs return in the autumn.