
But in his place, we now have someone who believes in homeopathy, is anti-abortion, anti-stem cell research and who has stated that the NHS was a 60-year-old mistake and that it should be dismantled.
Then there's the new Culture Secretary (which includes the equalities brief), Maria Miller, who voted:
Against gay adoption rights
Against the Human Fertilisation and Embryology that would give lesbian couples the ability to receive fertility treatment
Against the process of Racial and Religious Hatred Bill
In favour of defining homophobia, racial hatred and prejudice as simply just 'freedom of speech'
And possibly anti-abortion.
And, if that wasn't bad enough, Gove remains as Education Secretary.
What a shambles.