Sir Graham Brady to tell PM to resign by end of July or face being ousted by MPs
THERESA May will be told to finally name her departure date in a crunch meeting with Tory kingmaker Sir Graham Brady today - or face being ousted.
He will warn her that his powerful 1922 executive committee will be forced to change party rules tomorrow to allow another no confidence vote unless she makes a cast iron promise to walk by the end of July.
Some even urged Sir Graham to quote the iconic line from the final episode of Line of Duty, where DI Kate Fleming AC-3 officer DI Michelle Brandyce to “stop making a t*t of yourself and p**s off”.
The PM’s response to Sir Graham will be vital and he will then report back to the 1922 committee tomorrow.
The 1922 executive narrowly voted to reject a rule change last month but it is expected to allow another bid to remove the PM following last week’s local elections drubbing.
And the PM’s critics are confident they now have the numbers to force her out.
Yesterday Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, treasurer of the 1922 committee, piled the pressure on Mrs May by saying her departure date must be shortly after the May 23 European elections.
He said she should quit regardless of whether she gets a Brexit deal over the line.
He told the Today programme: “We are now having to face the prospect of European elections which none of us wanted to face. They are going to happen.
“And, I would have thought that fairly soon after that would be time for her to think about setting a schedule to find her successor.
“That is regardless of whether there is a deal on offer or not.
“We should move on as Conservatives.”
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