Speculation PM could call election to forestall possible leadership challenge has its own momentum despite No 10 dismissals
Rishi Sunak is said to be feeling more secure after a week of policy progress but advisers are nervous about imminent local election results.Rishi Sunak is said to be feeling more secure after a week of policy progress but advisers are nervous about imminent local election results.
Despite months of often frenzied conjecture over his leadership, and the prospect of a terrible set of local election results for the Tories, the prime minister’s aides say he is feeling more secure. Speaking to reporters on the plane, he repeated his mantra that the election is likely to be in the second half of the year, which most of his MPs interpret as meaning November .
MPs have noted that Sunak has, somewhat unusually, spent two weekends in a row at Chequers, where he and his team could strategise in private without being spotted by the media or suspicious MPs. Allies of Mordaunt have denied she was preparing for a campaign or trying to take advantage of Sunak’s weak position, insisting she was getting on with her job.
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