Downing Street In Crisis Talks As Tory Party Fury Grows Over Pincher Scandal

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  1. Anyone still there is out for themselves and doesn’t matter what they say they fully back bozo and his gang of rapists

  2. >Atmosphere today in Westminster somehow feels worse than before the confidence vote. Mood much darker. One MP says they had been content to wait for rule change till the autumn but now want it done before recess. Very very different tone.
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    > — Jessica Elgot (@jessicaelgot) [Jul 5, 2022 · 3:58 PM](https://twitter.com/jessicaelgot/status/1544334854472585219)

    >Feels very febrile at the moment. Lots of intense conversations going on in Tory circles – “political” meetings of ministers and advisors in departments without officials, rumours that people might act. Been here before but a good deal of uncertainty after a bad day for Johnson
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    > — Sam Coates Sky (@SamCoatesSky) [Jul 5, 2022 · 4:57 PM](https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1544349810492325888)

    >Amazing speaking to Conservative MPs (inc payroll) today how widespread the assumption is that the PM won’t make it to the next election. There are disagreements on the mechanism and the timing. But there are not a lot who think they will fight another election under Johnson
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    > — Henry Zeffman (@hzeffman) [Jul 5, 2022 · 5:20 PM](https://twitter.com/hzeffman/status/1544355581582090240)

    >Wow!! Ex-minister Nick Gibb suggests that, as in the US, “you worry whether democracy is safe”…..as he calls the Cabinet to bring down the PM
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    >“We have to make sure that doesn’t happen in this country. We have to get rid of the rot in our political system” – tells R4
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    > — Rob Merrick (@Rob_Merrick) [Jul 5, 2022 · 5:21 PM](https://twitter.com/Rob_Merrick/status/1544355683142877186)

  3. Those by-election results seemed to have spooked the Tories now. They know that another by-election could result in another whitewash and that would set a tone for the next election under Johnson. The amount of damage limitation needed will be huge and they might now wish they got rid of Johnson when they had the chance the other week.

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