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Another day goes by and still 48 CON MPs have not sent letters demanding a TMay confidence ballot

Another day goes by and still 48 CON MPs have not sent letters demanding a TMay confidence ballot

If its like the IDS ousting the first signs will be on Betfair Since the Conservative Party introduced its new leadership roles while William Hague was in charge the procedure for getting rid of the incumbent has only been used once. That was, of course, the ousting of Iain Duncan Smith in October 2003. What was intriguing about that dismissal was that the events behind closed doors in Westminster were largely being reflected on Betfair. Like now there were two…

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Across the UK political divide voters regard Theresa May as a much better leader than Donald Trump

Across the UK political divide voters regard Theresa May as a much better leader than Donald Trump

Comparing him with the PM There’s little enthusiasm someone like Trump as British PM To coincide with the Trump visit the latest ICM/Guardian poll has a series of findings examining the attitudes of British voters to the current incumbent at the White House. The responses to two of the questions are featured above with breakdown on party support. The top one, comparing Trump with TMay, is interesting in that generally backers of parties other than the Tories are reluctant to…

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Punters still make a 2018 exit for TMay the favourite but the price edges down a notch

Punters still make a 2018 exit for TMay the favourite but the price edges down a notch

Betdata.io For the first time in several months British political betting markets have become the most actively traded on the Betfair Exchange politics section. The busiest is the market featured above on which year Theresa May will eventually step down. As can be seen it moved sharply upwards early yesterday morning when news of the David Davis resignation filtered out and since then it’s sort of holding stable though still about four percentage points down on where it was. So…

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David Davis quits possibly making a challenge to TMay more likely

David Davis quits possibly making a challenge to TMay more likely

He was the 4/1 favourite for next exit The big UK political news overnight is that the BrexSec and former favourite to succeed TMay, David Davis, has resigned as a minister following his disagreement with the PM’s approach to Brexit. Another of his ministers, Steve Baker, has gone with him. This plunges the party into its biggest crisis since Mrs. May failed to hang onto to the Tory majority in June last year. The move happened just before midnight and…

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On this big day let’s remember Ken Clarke’s assessment of TMay just before she won the leadership

On this big day let’s remember Ken Clarke’s assessment of TMay just before she won the leadership

The “bloody difficult woman” is tough for all sides to deal with One of the great nuggets that came out of the post Brexit referendum CON leadership contest was the above unguarded conversation between Ken Clarke and Malcolm Rifkind captured by Sky News when they thought the cameras were off them. Clarke’s descriptions of some of the leading figures who will be battling it out at Chequers today appear to be spot on particularly his observations on the woman who…

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Confessions of a door to door fireplace salesman

Confessions of a door to door fireplace salesman

MAIL On Sunday: “Give Me £20bn Or I’ll Bring You Down” #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/s8dmSEroe8 — Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 23, 2018 The former fireplace salesman becomes another Tory making plans to oust Mrs May. Today’s Mail on Sunday reports that Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has threatened to sweep Theresa May from power in a bitter Cabinet row over military cuts. Furious Mr Williamson warned the Prime Minister that if she did not commit an extra £20 billion to the Ministry of Defence…

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