UK's Alok Sharma offers to resign as business minister to lead climate summit - The Times

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UK Business Minister Alok Sharma offered to resign from his ministerial position in order to take on a full-time role preparing for the country's chairmanship of United Nations COP26 climate change summit, The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/let-me-quit-the-government-to-lead-climate-talks-says-alok-sharma-z7hvnqgqd...

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Business Secretary Alok Sharma attends a virtual news conference, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, at 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain November 12, 2020. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS

- UK Business Minister Alok Sharma offered to resign from his ministerial position in order to take on a full-time role preparing for the country's chairmanship of United Nations COP26 climate change summit, The TimesAlok Sharma, who is also president of this year’s climate summit, has told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that he would rather give up his position as business minister than step down from his role in climate change envoy, the newspaper reported.

In December, Johnson’s office denied a report that he wanted his predecessor David Cameron to take over from Sharma as president of next year’s UN COP26 climate change summit.

 

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I wonder if there are people still out there that believes anything the Tories say ?

He doesn't have to do that. Why not just resign instead.

Clever, knowing full well how difficult the business brief is about to become....

. When it comes to questions, Business Minister Alok Sharma MP is the Government's very own Chris Tavaré...* 😄 |||🏏🤖✋...... ⚾🙋🏻‍♂️🏃‍♂️💨 (* that's said with a combination of respect & sheer exasperation!)

Being Business Minister over next few years is not a job anyone would cherish except perhaps Trump. Business Minister is going to be tough

He shouldn't be allowed to ,he has been a brilliant business minister,why shoot yourself in the foot and put himself somewhere else? Or is he concerned those not ready will send in loads of complaints?

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Nothing to him being dreadful at his current job then ?

He knows where business is

I wonder why......

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