Fall of May ally and would-be kingmaker Gavin Williamson

Gavin Williamson saw himself as a Machiavellian figure who had repeatedly protected Theresa May. Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/ReutersGavin Williamson’s sudden sacking as defence secretary by the prime minister who had been his mentor marks a precipitous end to a cabinet career that the 42-year-old thought was merely coming to the end of its first chapter.The defence secretary, fired by Theresa May after leaks from last week’s national security council, had seen himself as a machiav