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David Cameron did not have the heart to lead Britain towards Brexit after campaigning for Remain so he quit as PM.

Theresa May has come round to the same way of thinking, though that doesn’t include resigning. Not yet, anyway.

The PM now thinks only ministers who believe in their hearts in Brexit can deliver it. So her reshuffle ensured all those at the Brexit ­Department are Brexiteers.

Suella Fernandes, who led Tory backbench Eurosceptics as chair of the European Research Group, got her first ministerial post at DExEU and another six Brexiteers snaffled government jobs elsewhere.

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I can’t see any of them following Nigel Farage in calling for a second ­referendum.

However, the little noticed, but really significant, appointment is that of ardent Brexiteer Kemi ­Badenoch, 37, who has only been an MP for seven months.

And not just because she made it from Nigerian immigrant at 16 to MP in just two decades.

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Kemi is now in charge of selecting Tory ­Parliamentary candidates for the next General Election. Naturally her favour is more likely to fall on those who campaigned for Brexit in the ­referendum back in June 2016.

Kemi electrified the Commons with her maiden speech in which she said “the vision of global Britain is, as a young African girl, something I dreamed of becoming part of.”

Her husband, though, is a staunch Remainer, which must make for lively conversation over Sunday lunch.