The pressure could be back on Sunak
Overnight it was reported in The Times that Tory rebels had stopped their plans to oust Sunak because of the Tories winning the Tees Valley and West Midlands mayorships. The latter is looking unlikely at the moment.
If Street does lose the rebels may decide to try and oust Sunak as from the local council elections, to the by election, and the key mayoralties it has been a truly terrible set of elections for the Tories.
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