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Chair Of Backbench Conservative MPs Meets w/Truss At No.10

UK

As we covered in our 0936BST bullet, chair of the 1922 Committee of backbench Conservative MPs Sir Graham Brady is now meeting with PM Liz Truss at 10 Downing Street.

  • Brady is the only individual in the Conservative party who knows how many letters of no confidence have been submitted in the prime minister, and is the leading individual who is likely to decide when a critical threshold has been hit to say to the PM that she must resign or face an official confidence vote.
  • Some speculation yesterday that it could be 33% or 50% of Conservative MPs. It is believed that at least 54 have sent letters of no confidence in, hitting the 15% threshold that would usually trigger a confidence vote (under present rules Truss cannot be challenged in her first year as leader, but these are subject to change).
  • There remains no agreed to 'unity candidate' that could replace Truss that would garner support from all the various factions of the governing centre-right Conservative Party.

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