A top Tory with close links to Downing Street claims that Rishi Sunak will call a snap general election if 10 Conservative MPs defect to Reform UK. The claim emerged after Lee Anderson's shock defection and suggests that Sunak would defy any move to oust him.
Rishi Sunak will call a snap general election if 10 Conservative MPs defect to Reform UK, a top Tory with close links to Downing Street has claimed. The source of the claim, made to parliamentary colleagues after Lee Anderson 's shock defection, is an influential party figure with impeccable connections. The prime minister's threat emerged as he mingled with Conservative MPs at the 1922 Committee 's spring reception after a half-hour meeting with the '22 executive.
Traditionally known as 'the men in grey suits', the senior MPs who make up the 1922 Committee executive have the power to make or break prime ministers. According to parliamentary folklore, they have in the past handed a failing party leader 'a glass of whisky and a pearl-handled revolver in a darkened room'. Politics latest: Nigel Farage could 'devastate' Tories after welcoming MP's 'huge' defection to his party It hasn't reached that stage with Mr Sunak yet. And the claim that he would trigger an election if 10 Tory MPs join Reform UK suggests he would defy any move to oust hi
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