Tory whips are doing a ring around of their MPs to find out what they think of the row over Suella Braverman’s Times piece. The Home Secretary accused police of ‘playing favourites’ when it comes to dealing with protests. As I blogged earlier, several have made their views on Braverman’s intervention very well known to the party hierarchy already. One senior MP says to me:
‘I think she will be gone by the end of the week. And they should take the whip off her too. I am leaving this place at the next election and I will be happier knowing that she is not still in the party to win its leadership contest when I’m gone.’
Those who are trying to get clarity on what happened – and whether Downing Street really didn’t sign off the content of the piece – aren’t getting any answers, though.
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