Tory MPs fall out over EU referendum campaign visits

Tensions are worsening in the Tory party over the EU referendum, with Leave campaigners telling Coffee House that they will now not notify pro-Remain colleagues when they visit their constituency. This is an established convention that all MPs across the House of Commons follow, of letting one another know when they are visiting their turf, but after Remain campaigners starting mysteriously appearing at pro-Leave rallies in York, Winchester and Ipswich, Vote Leave has changed its policy so that any Tory MPs supporting In will now no longer be given any prior notice of rallies by the campaign in their seats.

The final straw apparently came when a large crowd of Remain campaigners flocked around Boris Johnson and Michael Gove in Ipswich, something the local MP Ben Gummer was tweeting enthusiastically about. Gummer, who is campaigning for Remain, says he was not given prior notice by the campaign, and was only told about it by the press.