Cleverly warns Tory MPs another leadership battle a ‘catastrophically bad idea’
by Sophie Wingate
Apr 25, 2024
2 minutes
James Cleverly has warned Tory MPs considering submitting no-confidence letters in Rishi Sunak not to “jump out of an aeroplane” without a parachute, calling another leadership contest a “catastrophically bad idea”.
A disastrous set of local elections for the Conservative Party on May 2 could galvanise MPs unhappy with the Prime Minister into launching a challenge against his leadership.
A drubbing in the mayoral and council told them not to “feed the psychodrama”.
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