Thread 32 Sunak : Sunak v Suella, the final countdown?

[DuncinToffee]

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/4916659-thread-31-sunak-court-conflicts-and-complications?page=1

Apparently she is planning to "eviscerate" Sunak. I don't think she's bright enough.

I think Coffey was offered a move and turned it down.
She's awful though so not too bothered.

This feels a bit like the end of Johnson with people resigning right left and centre. It's ridiculous.

And they are struggling to find a 16th according to Steven Swinford.

But he can't take part in debates in the HofC or answer questions there, can he?

What jobs would they be?

The question is, do the ERG have enough people to write letters to force a leadership contest.
Presumably they will be busy trying to remember if they can count.

This is not surprising at all. Most of them don’t actually appeal to their demographic, and allow the government to actively work against the interests of their demographic and that is how they remain palatable.

All manner of big companies seem to need highly paid advisors with connections for a few hours work each week.

Reform for renters rights was due this week.

Why remove someone when you dont have a replacement ready?

Barclay to Defra.

rumours are Victoria Atkins for health then.

Which will be our 5th health sec in 2 years. Lucky the health service isn’t in crisis.

I think that must be right. S he went into no. 10 through the front door, and apparently you only get invited in that way if the PM is planning to offer you something. If he's planning to boot you, it tends to happen in decent privacy behind the scenes.

I wonder if Larry the Cat had a say in it? He seems to be unimpressed.

https://twitter.com/ClaireHSI/status/1724016958436204994

DWP questions in House of Commons in a bit. Currently no pensions minister.

https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/1724068262164549854

Hang on Greg Hands has been sacked.

Any news on Shapps yet?

Nothing to boast about, really, given that they booted out all three women and are currently doing their best to do the same to Sunak.

Let's hope that that means his deputy, 30pLee, is sacked also.

I wonder what position Coffey was offered but turned down?

Please let 30p be gone gone gone

https://twitter.com/Conservatives/status/1724070378023084379

Vicky Atkins gets to oversee the record resources the NHS has under the conservatives.

Despite Therese Coffey’s letter suggesting she felt the time was right to leave Government, I understand she was asked to leave by the Prime Minister. It was not a choice.

x.com/kateemccann/status/1724065178654769483?s=46&t=Uw4lJNwxFZFnX0Xs3doHYg

And Victoria Atkins is new health secretary, as rumoured. She's married to Paul Kenward, the MD of British Sugar, incidentally - one of the world's largest suppliers of sugar cane and sugar beet. Might make for interesting chats over obesity strategy, sugar tax and so on.

x.com/jim_reed/status/1724072992336994714?s=46&t=Uw4lJNwxFZFnX0Xs3doHYg

Laura Trott becomes chief secretary to the Treasury

Science minister George Freeman resigns

Wow well spotted. Very interesting.

Has Coffey gone? Honestly this was the wrong day to go out for lunch!

This is all a bit late to appoint moderate Tories which is what he is doing; perhaps the Conservatives won't be completely massacred.

There was a poll over the weekend that said Labour would be looking at a majority of over 200. Maybe that finally focused some minds away from the hard right sniff the Tories have been on since 2019.

I need a round up of what happened in the last two hours!

Long term strategy. Lose this election and rebuild by moving party back to centre. Pretty sure this only works if the right don’t oust Rishi either before or after the election. If that happens then the Tory members could put anyone in as leader. Probably Braverman. Bit of me hopes that might happen.