two colleagues, to journalists, is that mps can talk eight big game two colleagues, tojournalists, and never have to put their money where the mouse is talk a good game tough. it remains a secret process and nobody will ever know. it is very hard to say. i think from the people i have been speaking to today, they seem to think that the anger is abating a little with the public. they say that, actually, the public. they say that, actually, the public one to melt onto other things. but the absolute crux will be the suga report, that will be the turning point. sue gray report. this mp today that i spoke to is very supportive of borisjohnson, but only given a 60 a0 chance of survival. it is all to play for stop what it is interesting, isn t it, james, that the guardian is saying that there is a liberal lien, a push for every that there is a liberal lien, a push foreve j.“ that there is a liberal lien, a push foreve j. ,, . ., that there is a liberal lien, a push foreve j.,,, . ., ,
that report, inevitably this there is a lot of demand to see that as soon as possible. and that is the key moment where tory mp is going have a think about, do i submit my letter of no confidence to the 9022 committee and try to trigger that leadership vote? committee and try to trigger that leadership vote? james, there s a cou - le leadership vote? james, there s a coule of leadership vote? james, there s a couple of intriguing leadership vote? james, there s a couple of intriguing extra - leadership vote? james, there s a couple of intriguing extra details i couple of intriguing extra details and what the times is saying on saturday morning. baroness davidson basically saying boris johnson saturday morning. baroness davidson basically saying borisjohnson is unfit for office. she had said he needed to get a grip back before christmas, but she has upped the ante, even more interesting is what it has to say about martin reynolds, the prime minister s risible private secretary i
say detente! let s bring injames, and actually i am going to get sam to kick us off. let s start with the front page of the times. if the prime minister was hoping for quiet weekend, it looks like he is not going to get it. quiet weekend, it looks like he is not going to get it. absolutely not, he is in chequers not going to get it. absolutely not, he is in chequers this not going to get it. absolutely not, he is in chequers this weekend, . not going to get it. absolutely not, | he is in chequers this weekend, but he is in chequers this weekend, but he is in his diary and hitting the phones all day tomorrow and all day sunday, trying to persuade those wavering, tory backbenchers to give him their support next week. and we are waiting this infamous report from sue gray, who i am sure is much more famous than she ever would ve hope she would have been, but we think that might come tuesday, it might be wednesday. certainly not monday. tuesday is the earliest we are expecting that. ap
complicated process. it could take months complicated process. it could take months. do they stick with boris johnson months. do they stick with boris johnson and see if this could be written out? he is a man who has come written out? he is a man who has come back written out? he is a man who has come back many, many times from adversity. come back many, many times from adversity, and so the question is whether adversity, and so the question is whether or adversity, and so the question is whether or not they decide we know the chair of the 1922 committee has. a source of great interest committee has. a source of great interest of committee has. a source of great interest of a committee has. a source of great interest of a particular from journalists. we don t know what that looks journalists. we don t know what that looks like journalists. we don t know what that looks like now, but mps going on the airwaves, looks like now, but mps going on the airwaves, mps meeti
at all. the attempt to push effing back to the suga report, the hope was this would simmer down for a few days, and obviously the latest revelations about parties on the eve of prince philip s funeral have made that much more difficult, but if it will be can see is the government s defence strategy. and sue gray is a key part of this, because the more they can make this about the legalities and a report into those legalities, which set out the facts, the more they can say, we responded to this problem, clearing out downing street and so on and so on, and push the reckoning with his own mps back months and months, after the local elections, who knows? but the local elections, who knows? but theissueisif the local elections, who knows? but the issue is if the conservative mps do not think it is not the spirit of the letter of the regulations but about a continued breaking of the spirit of the letter of the laws and the hypocrisy and immorality, and i think what is going to be interesting