On Friday night, Nick Boles set the cat among the pigeons when he tweeted his frustrations at Theresa May’s timid government:
https://twitter.com/NickBoles/status/954409789152514049
With Boles not a typical rebel, his complaints appear to mirror what many MPs have been saying privately. Now, Nicholas Soames has spoken out. Winston Churchill’s grandson has joined Boles in using hashtags to criticise Theresa May. Soames says ‘#wherestheboldandbravesofaritsdulldulldull’ needed to beat the ‘Corbini’:
It really won’t be enough to get people to vote against The Corbini they must have really sound reasons to vote Conservative.We really need to get on with this#wherestheboldandbravesofaritsdulldulldull
— Nicholas Soames (@NSoames) January 22, 2018
Expect more critical MPs to come out of the woodwork in the coming days.
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