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Wednesday, January 24, 2024 |
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One-man coup attempt fizzles out, as MPs share outrage |
It was over before it even began. Sir Simon Clarke's push against Rishi Sunak's leadership was dismissed as "silly" and "ridiculous" by senior Tory MPs. Even the most angst-ridden MPs on the right were surprised at the Liz Truss ally's call for the PM to be replaced. Both Truss and Robert Jenrick made clear they have no interest in joining an attempted coup. Fellow anti-Sunak outlier Andrea Jenkyns claimed that more no-confidence letters would go in to 1922 Committee. But a source close to the committee told The Independent that the Clarke-Jenkyns rebellion was "not shared by any significant number". So nothing like the 53 letters needed for a vote in Sunak's leadership. Labour gleefully compared the infighting to "an episode of The Traitors", while Sir Keir Starmer told Sunak he was being "bullied" by his own MPs at another bruising PMQs. |
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What animal is the symbol of the US Democratic Party? |
Answer at the bottom of today's email |
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| Senior Conservatives say Truss ally has "lost his senses" and should shut up if he doesn't want "extinction". |
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| PM has been under pressure from Tory MPs to boost funding and avoid bankruptcies in election year. |
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| Anderson said he would accept the deputy chair role, again, and said he should have backed the Rwanda bill. |
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What else you need to know today |
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What is the purpose of Liz Truss's new 'Popular Conservatism' group? |
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The former PM wants to try to influence the Tory manifesto, but some suspect… Read more |
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Tomorrow inside the Westminster bubble |
Our political commentator Andrew Grice on what to look out for |
Expect fireworks at the Covid inquiry in Scotland, as SNP leader and first minister Humza Yousaf – and the Scottish secretary Alister Jack – both give evidence from 10am. The Commons sits from 9.30am with business and trade questions. Look out for a statement from the procedure committee about whether foreign secretary Lord Cameron should be questioned by MPs. |
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"Safely ensconced in Westminster, they [the Conservatives] get down to the real business of fighting each other to death. The country is forced to endure their division and chaos – the longest episode of EastEnders ever put to film." |
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer |
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Used to be you could use a pulley system to raise up a piano to a great height and drop it onto an enemy and that person would simply accordion out from under it with a large lump and their teeth replaced by the piano's keys. But nowadays that would kill a man. Because of woke – Old Tom |
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