successor is as head of the conservative party if it is the woman she has been grooming as a successor on a great. who is the secretary general of the conservative party then possibly she may see out her term until two thousand and twenty one if it s one of the two gentlemen who have thrown their hats into the ring they are both rivals in one case an erstwhile rival of the chancellor who she actually d. a d. moated as head of the parliamentary group of the conservatives some years ago and also the health minister who has been a critic and a rival in the past as well if it s one of them we could well see a shake up in the party that eventually leads to her leaving office earlier but it s absolutely to send to say that party conference isn t until early december and who knows what will happen in the interim for the chief political correspondent