One of the factors that led to the triggering of a no confidence vote and that will play a huge part in the result of that vote is the way in which Number 10 has shredded its credibility in the past few days. It isn’t just the way in which Theresa May’s press operation pushed back against rumours over the weekend that the meaningful vote on Brexit would be delayed, or the way in which ministers such as Michael Gove were still claiming that there wouldn’t be a delay just hours before the announcement to the contrary. It’s also that last night Downing Street was trying to dampen speculation that the 48 letters calling for the vote had been received.
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This was happening at the same time as the whips were making frantic calls to MPs to work out how they would vote, which hardly contributes to the impression that Downing Street knows its backside from its elbow or that it thinks honesty is a good policy.
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