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24-01-2018, 11:49 PM
Potentially imminent 'No Confidence' vote in the British PM expected
Rumours of an imminent challenge to replace the Prime Minister
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TORY backbench boss Sir Graham Brady has begged angry MPs for no more formal demands for a leadership contest — sparking suspicion a challenge on Theresa May is imminent.
A no confidence vote in the Conservative leader is automatically triggered if Sir Graham receives 48 letters, which is 15% of the parliamentary party.
One senior backbencher told The Sun the top Tory was “ashen faced” at the prospect of getting one more letter recently – which he has intimated could spark a bitter leadership election and plunge Brexit talks into chaos.
The party grandee’s terrified reaction suggests the number of letters he has already received may now have reached the mid 40s, as anger with “dull, dull, dull” Theresa May spirals on the Tory benches.
The Sun has also learnt that Brady has told colleagues mulling over whether to send a letter recently to “be careful” and think of the “consequences” before putting pen to paper.
Nicknamed “The Men In Gray Suits”, the powerful backbench 1922 Committee must notify Downing Street within 24 hours that the critical threshold for a confidence vote has been met.
There's been all kinds of briefing going on this week and the fact it has now broken to The Sun (the story itself will have been planted by plotters) suggests a vote is pretty imminent. I certainly get that 'feel' from the stories.
IF it goes to a No Confidence vote then it is usually held immediately and if the party leader loses then they cannot stand in the new leadership ballot - in any case, it would be unlikely in my view that the PM would choose to fight on as the very fact a vote was taking place would seriously undermine her last threads of authority over the party.
I don't want a change in leadership for a variety of reasons but as a paid up member of the Conservative and Unionist Party i'll have a vote if it goes to deciding a new Prime Minister. I'm sure the next 24 hours will be interesting...
Thoughts? Should the Tories replace Theresa May as PM?
Rumours of an imminent challenge to replace the Prime Minister
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TORY backbench boss Sir Graham Brady has begged angry MPs for no more formal demands for a leadership contest — sparking suspicion a challenge on Theresa May is imminent.
A no confidence vote in the Conservative leader is automatically triggered if Sir Graham receives 48 letters, which is 15% of the parliamentary party.
One senior backbencher told The Sun the top Tory was “ashen faced” at the prospect of getting one more letter recently – which he has intimated could spark a bitter leadership election and plunge Brexit talks into chaos.
The party grandee’s terrified reaction suggests the number of letters he has already received may now have reached the mid 40s, as anger with “dull, dull, dull” Theresa May spirals on the Tory benches.
The Sun has also learnt that Brady has told colleagues mulling over whether to send a letter recently to “be careful” and think of the “consequences” before putting pen to paper.
Nicknamed “The Men In Gray Suits”, the powerful backbench 1922 Committee must notify Downing Street within 24 hours that the critical threshold for a confidence vote has been met.
There's been all kinds of briefing going on this week and the fact it has now broken to The Sun (the story itself will have been planted by plotters) suggests a vote is pretty imminent. I certainly get that 'feel' from the stories.
IF it goes to a No Confidence vote then it is usually held immediately and if the party leader loses then they cannot stand in the new leadership ballot - in any case, it would be unlikely in my view that the PM would choose to fight on as the very fact a vote was taking place would seriously undermine her last threads of authority over the party.
I don't want a change in leadership for a variety of reasons but as a paid up member of the Conservative and Unionist Party i'll have a vote if it goes to deciding a new Prime Minister. I'm sure the next 24 hours will be interesting...
Thoughts? Should the Tories replace Theresa May as PM?