political survival at the moment. in an hour, he will be at prime minister s questions in the house of commonsjust down the minister s questions in the house of commons just down the road from here, facing perhaps his toughest prime minister s questions of his premiership, with continual questions about parties in downing street and in particular the one he attended at the garden here in may of 2020. there is more pressure today because of several key political developments in parliament. yesterday a group of conservative mps, backbenchers who were newly elected in 2019, met in one of their rooms, the so called pork pie plot against him, because one of those members represents the constituency near melton mowbray where pork pies are made. it is reported that around half of the 20 mps who met have now expressed no
many pies and perhaps i have eaten too many of pies and perhaps i have eaten too many of my time, there are large pork many of my time, there are large pork pies many of my time, there are large pork pies and miniature pork pies and i pork pies and miniature pork pies and i suspect this was a miniature pork and i suspect this was a miniature pork pie and i suspect this was a miniature pork pie plot. it has probably passed pork pie plot. it has probably passed its peak. i think the prime minister s passed its peak. i think the prime minister s position is a lot stronger minister s position is a lot stronger today than yesterday. mark prichard, thank stronger today than yesterday. mark prichard, thank you. stronger today than yesterday. i prichard, thank you. saying the position of the prime minister look stronger but it s not yet settled. a lot of mps whether angry or frustrated with the prime minister are prepared to wait for the sue gray report, who is leading the c
mowbray, world famous for its pork pies. they went on the headline of the day. again, the guardian, clamourto headline of the day. again, the guardian, clamour to oust johnson grows a story mps plot confidence vote. the list goes on in all of those. 0ur political correspondence jonathan blake has given us an update about the mood essentially of the prime minister, and also his party in westminster. senior conservative backbenchers summed it up today as morose. in that interview today the prime minister looked crestfallen and downcast, beaten, and tory mps watching that might wonder if it were a moment of humility or humiliation for the prime minister. he said again, wait for the report to establish the facts, and some mps agree that many do not want to wait. and among particularly the newer intake of conservative mps tonight, there is a confidence that enough have or will soon submit a letter of no confidence
and could there have been a better phrase for it, absolutely not. it has been crazy. i suppose the question is, does it matter? it was a moment of huge drama and he is a guy who was a minister back when john major was prime minister, who was a brexit secretary a couple of years ago and, you know, what a thing. but does he take people with him, does he persuade others? i am not sure he takes that many people with him, david davis, but he is a prominent person, so he creates headlines, creates an impression, it tells us that this is far from just fans of pork pies and everything else in 2019, it is a generational problem across the tory party. and also it is i think something that has been building and we have seen really profoundly this week, downing street is not in control of the house of commons, they are not, they are just not. they are not in control of the parliamentary party and they don t know what is coming. that is, with an 80 seat majority, that is remarkable and it is really
let me ask you some quickfire question, what technology is indispensable? the gas stove. what social media platform do you favour? i do not know what that means. favourite sports person? rough. dickens or shakespeare? what do you mean? if you had to choose? choose the literature of one over the other, who would you prefer? that is not a sensible question. i agree. most people give bad answers. tolkien, with gratitude. how much tea and coffee to drink? i have not drunk tea ever in my life really, coffee i stopped drinking 13 months ago, along with alcohol. do you eat meat? no, apart from bacon, pork pies and sausages.