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conservative mps, but it does not change the underlying issue. it does not change the issue as to whether the prime minister can be trusted, whether he has been chosen honest with parliament and whether his behaviour was appropriate or not. none of that has changed by what happened yesterday with christian wickford. but in terms of them are yesterday, it does appear that people were switching their anger from the prime minister to christian wickford and that took some momentum away from the seeking of 54 letters for the no confidence vote. boris for the no-confidence vote. boris johnson does for the no-confidence vote. boris johnson does have for the no-confidence vote. boris johnson does have an for the no-confidence vote. boris johnson does have an unique - for the no confidence vote. boris johnson does have an unique appeal, doesn t he? because who else in terms of future succession can unite the different factions of voters that he has? the different factions of voters that
party. if this political storm began with those reports of parties in number 10, with those reports of parties in number10, it with those reports of parties in number 10, it was now becoming about more than that. on thursday, one conservative mp alleged he had been threatened by the government. the threatened by the government. tie: intimidation of a member of parliament is a serious matter. moreover, the reports of which i am aware would seem to constitute blackmail. ~ . . ., aware would seem to constitute blackmail- aware would seem to constitute blackmail. ~ . . ., , aware would seem to constitute blackmail. ~ . . . , blackmail. william wragg says he has soken to blackmail. william wragg says he has spoken to the blackmail. william wragg says he has spoken to the police blackmail. william wragg says he has spoken to the police about blackmail. william wragg says he has spoken to the police about this. - spoken to the police about this. christian wickford backed up his claims.
has demonstrated or not, which could be very difficult for him. so i don t think he is by any means out of the woods. i don t think his removal is inevitable, but he is in a very fragile position. i removal is inevitable, but he is in a very fragile position. a very fragile position. i ust want to cut out for h a very fragile position. i ust want to cut out for a h a very fragile position. i ust want to cut out for a second a very fragile position. i just want to cut out for a second because . to cut out for a second because we re just seeing that christian wickford is speaking live, the new labour mp for bury south who has just defected the tories. sorry, he has just on that speech possibly in his seat. andy burnham there. we will go back to our interview. we will go back to our interview. we will try to get a clip of what he just said and bring that to you as soon as possible. in that defection, it seemed to almost chuck tory mps so much that they pulled back from moving yester