A new arrival on Twitter – the first follower Ladbrokes Politics Building a brighter future with @trussliz #InLizWeTruss pic.twitter.com/8W2iBkP2Fw — Liz Truss (@TrussForLeader) January 31, 2018 Only @trussliz can take on @jeremycorbyn and win! #WeBackTruss https://t.co/r9a6HjkCE9 — Liz Truss (@TrussForLeader) January 30, 2018 #WeBackTruss pic.twitter.com/qWzhHkt1XU — Liz Truss (@TrussForLeader) January 30, 2018
How's this going to go down with CON. MPs? She insists that she'll fight next election https://t.co/3BFYNssbe4 — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 31, 2018 At least this could bring things to a head With all the talk about the number of letters going to Graham Brady demanding a confidence vote in Mrs Mays leadership she has responded by making it very clear that her intention is to see it out until the next general election. This flies in the face…
But should he have let his own views known? Pictured above is Graham Brady, Chair of the Conservative 1922 Committee and MP for Altrincham & Sale – which is just down the road from Old Trafford where Manchester’s second football team plays. Under Tory party rules 48 MPs have to write letters to Brady to trigger a confidence vote in the leader. This process was last used in 2003 when IDS got the chop and Michael Howard took over. What…
S Times story on Gavin Williamson won't help his leadership ambitions pic.twitter.com/8Qe27jaa2q — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 27, 2018 Doesn’t look good for the DefSec – said to be TMay’s preferred successor And BoJo steps up the ante Boris Johnson will challenge Theresa May to demand a ‘buccaneering Brexit’ amid fears PM will ‘f*** this up’ https://t.co/l3yWnF12iv — Sun Politics (@SunPolitics) January 27, 2018 In the betting Amber Rudd moves to 3rd favourite
But there’s a good chance Con MPs will do it anyway Only one of the three traditional British parties currently has a leader – and that one by happenstance. To lead is by definition a dynamic thing. It is to set oneself at the head of something and take it somewhere in such a way that others follow. It is not a quality granted simply by virtue of holding a given office. On those terms, Vince Cable is not a…
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Tory backbench boss begs angry MPs not to call leadership contest https://t.co/0gHZHHYGbc pic.twitter.com/rqrwllpWFY — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 25, 2018 At least this takes the focus off the NHS As we all, no doubt, know the rules of the Conservative Party state that a leadership vote of confidence amongst party MPs has to take place if 48 of them write privately to the chairman of the 1922 committee, Graham Brady, asking for such action. There were rumours following the prime…
There’s still no obvious alternative The former shadow CON minister and head of ConHome, Paul Goodman, has given his damning verdict on the reshuffle under the heading “The worst-handled reshuffle in recent history – perhaps ever”. This, of course, follows other PM “set pieces” like her October conference speech and the GE17 campaign that didn’t go according to plan. He highlights that “for several days, the media was full of stories about why the Prime Minister didn’t rate Justine Greening….