The leader of the House of Commons Penny Mourdant has denied rumours circulating over the weekend that she is being lined up to take over the leadership of the Tory Party ahead of a general election
Saturday’s Daily Mail reporting that the right of the party has held secret talks with moderates about uniting behind her.
However Mordaunt has been telling people she has no involvement in the supposed plots, and that the public are tired of these kinds of shenanigans.
The former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith warned against a “third leader in a short space of time.” He warned a leadership change would not be a “short-term process.”
Transport Secretary Mark Harper said that Sunak would lead the Tories into the general election, telling Sky the PM “focuses on making the right decisions, even if in the short term, they’re not necessarily popular.”
Writing on X Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns said:
Interesting to hear lots of media reporting of centre-right Conservative MPs pushing for a certain leadership candidate to replace Rishi. Having spoken with lots of my colleagues, no one seems to have heard or been pushing for such a thing!
