Kevin Schofield is Politics Editor of HuffPost UK.
Reactions to“No one sees the reason for the rush and feel like he has lost the plot,” one senior Tory told HuffPost UK. “None of us are ready for this.”
He said: “In the tearoom I see cheerful stoicism all round. I suppose the whingers are the ones who prefer a leadership contest to a general election.” A senior Tory aide summed up the schizophrenic nature of MPs’ response to Sunak opting for a summer poll.“A week ago they all wanted it over and done with and now they are furious it hasn’t gone longer,” he said. “I strongly suspect vast majority are resigned to fate and don’t feel that strongly about it.”outside No.10 has summed up the Tory campaign so far.
“On top of this, Sunak himself is hugely unpopular with the public, and based on our research, so are his most senior ministers.”
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