Rishi Sunak battles to kill coup bid as top Tory warns of election 'massacre'
by Nicholas Cecil and Jitendra Joshi
Jan 24, 2024
3 minutes
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Rishi Sunak was fighting on Wednesday to kill off an attempt to trigger a coup to oust him.
Former Cabinet minister Sir Simon Clarke called for the Prime Minister to be replaced to avoid an election “massacre”.
Senior Tories including Sir David Davis, Dame Priti Patel, Sir Liam Fox, Damian Green, leader of the One Nation group of Tory MPs and former party leader Iain Duncan Smith rallied around the PM, calling for party unity.
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