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NEW: Labour, SNP, Lib Dems, Plaid and DUP are lining up to support @SirGrahamBrady’s amendment to give parliament more say on coronavirus.
Number of Conservative rebels is up to 60, meaning it should pass on Wednesday.
Saturday analysis with @PickardJE https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
Number of Conservative rebels is up to 60, meaning it should pass on Wednesday.
Saturday analysis with @PickardJE https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
All eyes over to No10 to see whether they can find a compromise to stave off their first majority parliamentary defeat.
"We have been clear that it is vital that we can take action to stop the transmission of the virus and protect the NHS" https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
"We have been clear that it is vital that we can take action to stop the transmission of the virus and protect the NHS" https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
Disquiet among Tory MPs has reached new highs due to Covid:
“There is a constituency of about 100 or so MPs in the party who loathe Boris. But when you add the libertarians who dislike these measures, you get a majority who are angry.” https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
“There is a constituency of about 100 or so MPs in the party who loathe Boris. But when you add the libertarians who dislike these measures, you get a majority who are angry.” https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
One influential MP: “MPs are frothing at the mouth, there is a real feeling that the interventions on Tuesday were too far.
“There is a really mutinous feeling in the air, a sense that he [Johnson] has lost control of his own party." https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
“There is a really mutinous feeling in the air, a sense that he [Johnson] has lost control of his own party." https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
Both libertarian and traditional Tory MPs have warned No10 about further restrictions - such as blocking households in England from mixing:
"Not allowing families to meet is a deeply un-Conservative thing, even to say it aloud seems a mad proposal" https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
"Not allowing families to meet is a deeply un-Conservative thing, even to say it aloud seems a mad proposal" https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
MPs are chiefly vexed about those advising Boris Johnson instead of the prime minister himself:
"The problem is with the medieval court, not the King”
Much disgruntled muttering about Dominic Cummings being a “co-driver” of the government. https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
"The problem is with the medieval court, not the King”
Much disgruntled muttering about Dominic Cummings being a “co-driver” of the government. https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
Some Tories want to move to oust Cummings - as they did with Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill who served Theresa May.
Others say Johnson has "layers of insulation” from different wings of the parliamentary party, including Brexiters and the 2019 intake. https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
Others say Johnson has "layers of insulation” from different wings of the parliamentary party, including Brexiters and the 2019 intake. https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
One government official on the PM’s plight:
“Boris is stuck in the wrong gear, he’s constantly struggling to be on top of events. He doesn’t do well when he is constantly on the back foot and he hasn’t felt in control of events since the pandemic began.” https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
“Boris is stuck in the wrong gear, he’s constantly struggling to be on top of events. He doesn’t do well when he is constantly on the back foot and he hasn’t felt in control of events since the pandemic began.” https://www.ft.com/content/2baa55e2-6655-4b3e-8a74-aa0c7e5f31b9
