Rumours swirling around Westminster tonight that David Davis MP is about to walk

Rumours swirling around Westminster tonight that Brexit Secretary David Davis MP is about to walk

Resignation would likely spark a leadership crisis in the government

Will David Davis resign tomorrow? I would not bet against it, says Robert Peston https://t.co/ReWCasffC2

— Fraser Nelson (@FraserNelson) June 6, 2018

Interesting comment from a long-time confidante of David Davis... https://t.co/repyz7kJ4p

— Patrick O'Flynn (@oflynnsocial) June 6, 2018

"No resignation....tonight" from David Davis, I'm told. He's "fighting his corner" on Brexit backstop and demand to have specified end date.
The caveat 'tonight' may spook No10 tho.#hotelcaliforniabrexit #checkoutbutneverleave

— Paul Waugh (@paulwaugh) June 6, 2018

Not just David Davis but Boris Johnson also going rogue: @GaryGibbonBlog https://t.co/ijjbPr4GMH pic.twitter.com/KvnB9CWxiX

— John Rentoul (@JohnRentoul) June 6, 2018

Reckon it’s 50 / 50.

— Paul Goodman (@PaulGoodmanCH) June 6, 2018

Yes, it really is crunch time this week and next for the Prime Minister. Important votes coming up on Brexit after the House of Lords added amendments, as well as a split opening over abortion in Northern Ireland in regards to some Tory MPs and the DUP over Direct Rule. It is, as they say, a perfect storm... and David Davis may be the one who kicks in the roof.

My sense is that while I was supportive of the PM, the indecisiveness has led to Tory remainers making way too much headway in muddying the waters. That said, her indecisiveness is down to the fact of the last General Election - she has no authority over the party. And that's something only a new leadership election + leader could solve.

Tomorrow will be interesting.

I'm not a fan of him but I think that's mostly because his name is really stupid. Rees-Mogg said the other day he doesn't want the leadership, so if he's out Davis is out and BoJo is out (as one of your reports seems to suggest) who would even be up for it

@FlyingJesus;

Nobody who is launching a leadership bid ever says they want it until they actually launch it. :P

There will be a lot of back room horse-trading if a leadership challenge is on and May loses a confidence vote, but it is pretty certain the next leader would be a Brexiteer and would likely be Boris, Rees-Mogg, Gove etc. The likes of Mogg would walk the membership ballot (I would vote for him hands down) but his problem is securing the support of the parliamentary party to get on the members ballot. If I were a betting man, my money would go on Gove at this moment tbh.

Leadership elections are always very hard to read, as the last one showed!

Theresa May’s reached the tipping point re Brexit due to her endless dithering & my guess is we’re about to see utter turmoil, resignations & a Tory coup to tip her out of No10.

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 6, 2018

So the Brexit Secretary and Prime Minister had a meeting Thursday morning and the issue was fudged, again. The real test will come this week as the Lords amendments come back to the Commons, a bumpy week ahead!

What's been interesting is despite the infighting and indecision in the Cabinet, these poll numbers...

"In hindsight, do you think Britain was right or wrong to vote to leave the EU?"

Right 44% (+4)
Wrong 44% (-3)
Don't know 13% (-)

Remainers 87% "wrong"
Leavers 87% "right"

Round and round and round we go .... ! No lead for "wrong"

Source: YouGov June 5th/ht @whatukthinks

— Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) June 8, 2018

The disconnect between the mood at Westminster, where nearly all Tories--regardless of where they stand on Brexit--are very worried, and the polls is really quite striking https://t.co/66bDdcEpjA

— James Forsyth (@JGForsyth) June 8, 2018

The really fascinating statistic hidden within this poll is the extent to which Labour is haemorrhaging working-class support. The Tories have opened up an 11-point gap among the C2DEs (basically the working-class).

This is truly staggering.https://t.co/R95elTOY65

— Paul Embery (@PaulEmbery) June 8, 2018

Those working class figures for Labour are shocking. There's a Brexit re-alignment going on under the surface.