Lynton Crosby is holding his election strategy meeting (first revealed on Coffee House) with Tory MPs at 5.30 this afternoon. One of the things he’ll bring up, as reported by Benedict Brogan this morning, is that MPs need to be a little less unruly on Twitter.
Obviously that’s not their biggest worry, as there’s also the problem of MPs coalescing around different future leadership contenders, who are all thinking ahead to what will happen after the 2015 leadership election.
I understand from friends of Adam Afriyie that their campaign has managed to stop seven or eight letters asking for a leadership contest to oust David Cameron going to 1922 Committee chairman Graham Brady. Like all those others who are currently setting out where they stand on key issues – Afriyie has focused on business so far – this camp don’t want unrest now: they’re looking ahead to the long-term future, rather than mid-term revolt which annoys voters.
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