PM’s allies fight rearguard action as rebellious MPs reportedly plot coup to avoid wipeout at the polls
Sunak faces another challenging week with his controversial Rwanda deportation bill returning to the Commons on Monday and an appearance in front of febrile Tory backbenchers at the 1922 Committee.Sunak faces another challenging week with his controversial Rwanda deportation bill returning to the Commons on Monday and an appearance in front of febrile Tory backbenchers at the 1922 Committee.
However, they said Tory MPs should “hold their nerve” as the party’s only real shot at the next election was the economy gradually improving. One cabinet minister said it would be “absolutely disastrous” to change leader again before an election while another warned against “getting stuck in a doom loop” of despair.
Even the former Tory party leader Iain Duncan Smith, a right-winger who is not a natural bedfellow of Sunak, told MPs to “stop turning inwards on ourselves” and said the public needed to see a united party. Several Tory MPs maintain Mordaunt has been “on manoeuvres” for months, making clear she would be happy to visit MPs’ constituencies and get to know their local party officials. Kemi Badenoch, Suella Braverman and Grant Shapps are also believed to be interested in running if or when Sunak goes.
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