Cabinet bid to oust May could put Gove in charge. Satirists have already moved in
Tim Shipman of The Sunday Times reckons the Conservative cabinet has launched a coup against Theresa May, claiming that she has lost all credibility since her statement last week, trying to blame other MPs for the failure of her Brexit deal and the consequent delay in the UK’s departure from the EU.
🚨BREAKING: A full blown cabinet coup is under way tonight to remove Theresa May as prime minister 🚨
— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) March 23, 2019
He added:
I have spoken to 11 cabinet ministers today who want the prime minister to resign. They will confront her at cabinet on Monday
— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) March 23, 2019
Cabinet ministers have turned on May in a spectacular fashion today saying the last week shows her judgment has “gone haywire”. One said she was “erratic” and can’t be trusted
— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) March 23, 2019
Cabinet minister: “The end is nigh. She will be gone in 10 days.”
— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) March 23, 2019
May’s u-turns last week destroyed her brand for being steady and reliable. Her genius for 2yrs was to persuade MPs she was on their side. Now no one thinks she is on their side
— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) March 23, 2019
Despite disagreements over the succession pretty well everyone agrees the PM should go, which should at least ensure that she agrees to name a date
— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) March 23, 2019
Trouble is, the Conservatives already shot their bolt; they cannot launch an in-party campaign to remove her because she won a vote of “no confidence” last December. Conservatives must until at least a year after that vote before they can remove her again.
She could be encouraged to leave of her own free will – but it seems her husband Philip has advised her against that:
May’s husband Philip is still urging her to fight on and the PM has not yet agreed to go but senior aides say he should take a leaf out of Denis Thatcher’s book and urge her to walk away
— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) March 23, 2019
Then there’s the question of who should succeed Mrs May, even as interim leader.
Cabinet coup plotters want to install an interim leader to deliver Brexit. There is good support for David Lidington but others pushing Michael Gove and Jeremy Hunt
— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) March 23, 2019
David Lidington?
IMPORTANT: Sajid Javid the Home Secretary is prepared to back Lidington if the other main leadership contenders stand aside but he wouldn’t back Gove or Hunt
— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) March 23, 2019
David Lidington?
Jeremy Hunt does not back Lidington because he thinks he will do a deal with Labour for permanent membership of a customs union
— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) March 23, 2019
David Lidington?
David Lidington can’t be PM because only about 250 people even know who he is https://t.co/DyhqolwSL6
— Felicity Morse (@FelicityMorse) March 23, 2019
All right. Who else, then?
Michael Gove has been secretly building a leadership campaign team and is willing to become acting prime minister if his colleagues want him. He’s sceptical that Lidington can come up with an acceptable Brexit policy
— Tim Shipman (@ShippersUnbound) March 23, 2019
Gove can't become PM yet. It has to happen at exactly the same time Tyrion becomes ruler of the Westeros in the final episode of Game of Thrones.
— Sam Freedman (@Samfr) March 23, 2019
Now you can see the relevance of the image at the top of this article.
I have content ready to go for this eventuality pic.twitter.com/TaARz9nAVh
— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) March 23, 2019
The situation is a satirist’s dream.
couldn.t resist sharing this, don.t know who is the producer but brilliant. pic.twitter.com/E7YHK44fJq
— Isobel_Waby we NEED a COALITION (@Isobel_waby) March 23, 2019
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Michael Gove is the most intelligent alternative to Mrs May within the Tory party.
Mmmm, such a replacement would exchange one thoroughly dishonest and corrupt Tory, with another thoroughly dishonest and corrupt Tory. However, with Pob in charge it will make the Tories even more of a laughing stock.