How can Theresa May regain the confidence of the 117 Tory MPs who voted against her leadership? A big part of May’s pitch to her party on Wednesday night was that she would repair relations with the DUP – after the confidence and supply agreement broke down over the backstop. One idea now gaining momentum with senior Conservatives of how to do that is to dump Karen Bradley as Northern Ireland secretary, as part of a mini-reshuffle to show May is listening to MPs’ concerns.
After the Prime Minister limped home in Wednesday’s confidence vote, there is deep unrest over May’s leadership. Rather than quash the Brexit rebels, it’s become clear that the concern over her premiership goes beyond the European Research Group of Eurosceptic MPs. One of the big causes of concern is the fact the party has no working majority now that relations have hit an all time low with the DUP.
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