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Graham Brady – 1922 committee chairman and the only one who knows how safe TMay is

Graham Brady – 1922 committee chairman and the only one who knows how safe TMay is

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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…

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DefSec & ex-chief whip, Gavin Williamson, – a good bet at 7/1 for next cabinet exit?

DefSec & ex-chief whip, Gavin Williamson, – a good bet at 7/1 for next cabinet exit?

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The latest of TMay's favourite's G Williamson under pressure over what happened at fireplace firm https://t.co/ODNt4ubCnu — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) January 29, 2018 The PM doesn’t seem to have much luck with her favourites After losing Nick Timothy after the election, then her close Oxford friend, Damian Green, in December it looks as though the latest of the prime minister’s favourites, Gavin Williamson, could be in trouble. The front page Guardian story won’t make comfortable reading in Downing Street this…

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Now isn’t the time to push May, whatever the temptation

Now isn’t the time to push May, whatever the temptation

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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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If the Sun’s Harry Cole is right there are signs that a move against TMay might be imminent

If the Sun’s Harry Cole is right there are signs that a move against TMay might be imminent

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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…

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Mrs May’s weird plot to make Gavin Williamson her successor is likely to fail

Mrs May’s weird plot to make Gavin Williamson her successor is likely to fail

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Mrs May is annoying far too many people in the party & that will cause her and her preferred successor problems in the future Trying to understand Mrs May’s recent reshuffle has been a challenge, but over the weekend a few people suggested it was all part of a weird plot to make Gavin Williamson Tory leader, Iain Martin says Theresa May’s reshuffle was rubbish for a reason it seems. In the days that followed this week’s half-hearted reconstruction of the…

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Marf on TMay’s big idea – the war on plastic waste

Marf on TMay’s big idea – the war on plastic waste

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She needs to be careful that it doesn’t become a “cones hotline” If the object was to move on from the bungling of the reshuffle then Theresa May’s remarkable move on plastic waste has certainly achieved that. For this is something that will affect almost everyone certainly those who have to shop and, no doubt, most people have a view. For the reshuffle simply highlighted to the world what a weak position she was in and that there is little…

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Reshuffling the TMay way – a cock-up over Grayling that will dominate the media narrative

Reshuffling the TMay way – a cock-up over Grayling that will dominate the media narrative

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BBC confirming Grayling appointment but advisers saying its speculation and he hasn't been to no10 yet. The Conservatives had tweeted a congrats, though its now disappeared. What is going on!? pic.twitter.com/8GDc0RE4kS — Anushka Asthana (@GuardianAnushka) January 8, 2018 This is making her conference speech look good