Simon Clarke advised to lie down by Tory MP after calling for Sunak to quit
by Aletha Adu Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6J38Z)
Senior Conservatives dismiss former cabinet minister's intervention as isolated' and dangerous, reckless, selfish'
Simon Clarke has been told it would be good advice" to head to a dark room, lie down and sort himself out, after he called on Rishi Sunak to quit as Conservative leader or risk a Tory massacre" at the general election.
The postal affairs minister, Kevin Hollinrake, said Clarke's intervention on Tuesday night was a sign of the panic" that is brewing in some factions, but said it was not a view held by the wider parliamentary party.
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