Conservatives slam ‘bonkers’ plot to topple Rishi Sunak before election
by Toby Helm and Michael Savage from World news | The Guardian on (#6KD9E)
Senior Tories have rallied around the PM amid claims that some party MPs are plotting to replace him with Penny Mordaunt
Senior Tories attempted to rally behind an increasingly beleaguered Rishi Sunak on Saturday night amid claims that some Conservative MPs are plotting to replace him with Penny Mordaunt before the next general election.
Former cabinet ministers Jacob Rees-Mogg and David Davis went public to denounce the idea as mad" and bonkers", as did senior backbenchers, including former vice-chair of the 1922 Committee Sir Charles Walker.
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