Plot afoot to remove Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister

Plot afoot to remove Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister

MPs are alarmed by the growth in the Reform Party against the collapsing Tory vote

🚨 NEW: Right-wing Tory MPs believe Penny Mordaunt should lead the Tories into the next election as they consider a plot to oust Rishi Sunak

They are waiting for a cabinet minister to call for Sunak to go before they attack

[@Telegraph]

— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) March 15, 2024

Exclusive

A group of right-wing Tory MPs want Penny Mordaunt to lead the party into the next election

A recent meeting took place of leading Tory Right MPs with backers of Mordaunt to make that clear

Notable given she’s a moderate

Story with @rmendickhttps://t.co/sB88XiJjFR

— Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) March 15, 2024

NEW POLL - Westminster voting intention:

LAB: 46%
CON: 18%
REFORM: 13%
LIB: 10%
GREEN: 7%
SNP: 4%
OTHER: 2%

via @PeoplePolling, 07 Marhttps://t.co/vRDF088iai pic.twitter.com/Qqo58prqWP

— UK Polling Report (@PollingReportUK) March 15, 2024

Hahaha.

Well as much as I want the useless Sunak removed (like he removed two previous PMs; Boris and Truss), the idea that putting Penny 'I can't define what a woman is' Mordaunt into Number 10 will bring people like me back is for the birds.

But watching it all unfold and fail will at least be entertaining so frankly I'm all for it. Let it burn.

Note: if Sunak is removed, it will be the fourth Prime Minister of this single parliamentary term.

Exclusive:

Rishi Sunak allies warn he will sooner call an election than be forced out of office by plotters

‘People should be careful what they wish for. It’s up to them. If they don’t want an election they should stop messing about.

‘Rishi could easily say ‘OK, if that’s the…

— Steven Swinford (@Steven_Swinford) March 18, 2024

The reality is that The King would likely refuse to dissolve Parliament and call an election if it was quite clear that the Prime Minister had already lost all of his authority and the Cabinet were in the process of moving against him. All these sort of threats show is the weakness of this particular Prime Minister and the breaking down of discipline in the Tory Party that is facing a wipe out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascelles_Principles

Quote:

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The Lascelles Principles are a constitutional convention in the United Kingdom beginning in 1950, under which the sovereign can refuse a request from the prime minister to dissolve Parliament if three conditions are met:

- if the existing Parliament is still "vital, viable, and capable of doing its job",
- if a general election would be "detrimental to the national economy", and
- if the sovereign could "rely on finding another prime minister who could govern for a reasonable period with a working majority in the House of Commons".

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Seems to be gathering speed.

🚨 NEW: Tory MPs claim 40 letters of no confidence in Rishi Sunak have been submitted - just 13 short of the required 53 for a confidence vote

Senior Tory MP: "They will move against him this week"

[@christopherhope]

— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) March 18, 2024

My analysis for @GBNEWS

"I think it could happen this week," said the senior Tory MP to me. "What?" I asked. "They will move against him." Unbelievably, after two bouts of regicide, Conservative MPs are gearing for a third, as soon as this week.
Tory MPs are in despair about…

— Christopher Hope📝 (@christopherhope) March 18, 2024

Wow. The "Daddy's home" centrist, pro-establishment Tory party going from strength to strength... https://t.co/5oDbsw7j7k

— Patrick O'Flynn (@oflynnsocial) March 18, 2024