‘She’s safe until September’. That’s the verdict on Theresa May of one of those who knows the Tory parliamentary party best, I write in The Sun this morning.
Number 10 want to use the summer to try and turn opinion around on Mrs May’s Chequers plan. Under consideration, is a plan for her to do events at various venues around the country to try and convince voters of the merits of it.
Every Cabinet Minister has been told that they must devote one day over the summer to selling Chequers, including doing broadcast interviews on it. Ministers are already watching closely to see how Esther McVey, the Welfare Secretary, and the Aid Secretary Penny Mordaunt, who are known sceptics of the scheme, handle this request.
Some in government also think that putting out more information on what ‘no-deal’ would mean will help persuade people that the alternative to the Chequers plan is worse.
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