Minister predicts his own sacking in speech attacking populists

Justice secretary David Gauke’s remarks will be seen as veiled attack on Boris Johnson. The justice secretary, David Gauke, has launched an impassioned attack on “populist politicians” who deceive the public by telling them what they think they want to hear. In a speech to the annual judges’ dinner in the City of London on Wednesday, Gauke, a forthright opponent of a no-deal Brexit, anticipated his imminent removal from office and contrasted the fact-finding diligence of