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Andy Street’s interview with Sky News fired the starting gun for discussion over the future direction of the Conservative Party.<\/p>\n

But the battlefield immediately proved to be the Conservative WhatsApp group, also leaked to Sky News.<\/p>\n

There are two big conclusions about the leaks<\/p>\n

There are two Tory MPs publicly prepared to call on Rishi Sunak to go.<\/p>\n

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Simon Clarke repeated that call to colleagues this evening – but if there were sympathisers they did not show themselves. That may be linked to the second big conclusion<\/p>\n

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‘Devastated’ Street refuses to blame Sunak after West Midlands defeat<\/span>
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That the leaked WhatsApps suggests there’s more of an appetite for a debate about whether the party goes next than about the leader.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong>
Mayoral election results<\/a><\/strong>
Charts tell story of Conservative collapse<\/a><\/strong>
Analysis: Labour’s future success is less clear-cut<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Street says the party must not ape Reform UK to its right flank, and others on the group agreed.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Suella Braverman was out on Saturday night making the case for exactly that – pulling out of the human rights convention and tougher crime laws.<\/p>\n

It appears the Conservative Party was watching Sky News – Sophy Ridge’s interview with Street being discussed in live time – references to “Coates” as I read out their messages – some disobeying messages which clearly never came my way.<\/p>\n

But what is clear is that it is not plain sailing for the Tories from here. Things just got worse.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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