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Kremlinology, get your Kremlinology here! There are four groups in the Tory party that are calling for Cummings to go - but some of them should worry Downing Street more than others: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2020/05/four-conservative-groups-want-dominic-cummings-out-and-two-matter">https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/...
There& #39;s group one, who have personal or ideological objections to Cummings and/or the direction of the government. To lose Cummings is to end lockdown and avert the government& #39;s (real? perceived?) leftward shift on economics: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2020/05/four-conservative-groups-want-dominic-cummings-out-and-two-matter">https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/...
Group two, select committee chairs who thanks to David Cameron& #39;s best single change in office are now accountable to the whole of Parliament. They are incentivised to at least flirt with their swing voters AKA opposition MPs: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2020/05/four-conservative-groups-want-dominic-cummings-out-and-two-matter">https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/...
Of course, what groups one and two have in common is that they are broadly irreconcilable, don& #39;t have sufficient numbers to defeat the government, and IMV Downing Street shouldn& #39;t worry too much about them: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2020/05/four-conservative-groups-want-dominic-cummings-out-and-two-matter">https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/...
Group 3 are the single biggest problem that Downing St& #39;s agenda faces for the next four years - are men who were elected in 2015 and are seeing women and the new intakes promoted over their heads. They are increasingly vocal, because why wouldn& #39;t you be? https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2020/05/four-conservative-groups-want-dominic-cummings-out-and-two-matter">https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/...
But Group 4 are the most worrying light on the dashboard: loyalists in marginal seats who are kicking off. When they kick off it& #39;s a good sign that there is a real, serious problem afoot. https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2020/05/four-conservative-groups-want-dominic-cummings-out-and-two-matter">https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/...
