Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Year : 2, Issue : 12
Tory MPs will put on display of unity tomorrow despite the crisis engulfing Rishi Sunak’s leadership.
The prime minister will address at a meeting of the 1922 Committee of backbench Tories amid mounting speculation that his time in No.10 could be coming to an end.
But few expect him to receive anything other than a warm reception from his MPs, even though the Conservatives remain on course for wipeout at the general election.
Another two opinion polls yesterday confirmed that the party is falling even further behind Labour.
They came on the back of Sunak’s worst week since becoming PM, with Lee Anderson defecting to Reform UK and the Tories’ top donor becoming embroiled in a race row over comments he made about Diane Abbott.
That led to reports that Commons leader Penny Mordaunt was being lined up to replace Sunak as prime minister ahead of the general election.
Mordaunt did nothing to stop the leadership speculation as she left Downing Street following cabinet this morning.
