Boris Johnson's (first?) cabinet is an ethnically diverse but ideologically homogeneous statement of intent
Ethnic diversity
Official figures have "white British" people at about 82% of the population, which, strikingly, is also the proportion in the cabinet (19 of 23). The prime minister can also say that his appointment of BAME ministers is not window-dressing; Sajid Javid as chancellor and Priti Patel as home secretary have two of the biggest jobs available.
Gender gap
But in gender terms, he has disappointed. Theresa May used to boast that with her as PM and Amber Rudd as home secretary, half the big four jobs were held by women. That's down to one, and the rest of the cabinet is also heavily male.
Schooling
Less than half of the cabinet went to state schools, compared with 93% of the population. If the Etonian prime minister had wanted to be representative, he could only have appointed one other privately educated cabinet member.
Believers
The highlighted cabinet members are those who were sitting MPs and declared for leave before the referendum. The ideological purity of the cabinet is not total, but the PM has insisted that no one can serve in it who is opposed to no deal.
