Theresa May is under assault from Brexiteers and Remainers.
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Intense grilling over schools’ funding and tax rates might normally be enough heat for any Prime Minister.
But the conspicuous absence of the B word in today’s Prime Minister’s Questions was a welcome relief for Theresa May.
The day began with briefings against Number 10 from across the political spectrum.
Backbench beast Boris Johnson tweeted, “The Bill is directly against our manifesto….We can and must do better”.
Former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab agreed.
Others went further.
In response to the Prime Minister’s concessions made yesterday to her Withdrawal Bill, Conservative MP Nigel Evans urged party bosses on the 1922 committee to change the rules to allow for an immediate vote of no confidence in Mrs May.
The Prime Minister survived such a vote in December, and therefore under the current rules cannot be challenged for another 12 months.
The committee has said ‘no’ to such a change before.
Mrs May – perhaps unsurprisingly – found no solace from the Labour Party either.
Despite having written to the Labour Leader this morning arguing that she had made concessions and therefore Mr Corbyn should too, the response from the Shadow Brexit Secretary, Sir Keir Starmer, was definitive.
Sir Keir called the Prime Minister’s bill, “too weak”.
He argued the Labour frontbench could make any amendments to bill as the Parliamentary arithmetic was in their favour.
In the build up to Prime Minister’s Questions, there was a sense the weekly combative exchange could provide the arena for a killer blow.
Instead, Mr Corbyn decided to focus on social issues.
The Shadow Education Secretary, Angela Rayner, vigorously nodded along as her Leader attacked the Government over the closing of schools.
With Mrs May now reportedly turning to her ‘legacy’, it was a chance for the Prime Minister to defend her record of tackling society’s “burning injustices”.
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Intense grilling over schools’ funding and tax rates might normally be enough heat for any Prime Minister.
But the conspicuous absence of the B word in today’s Prime Minister’s Questions was a welcome relief for Theresa May.
The day began with briefings against Number 10 from across the political spectrum.
Backbench beast Boris Johnson tweeted, “The Bill is directly against our manifesto….We can and must do better”.
Former Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab agreed.
Others went further.
In response to the Prime Minister’s concessions made yesterday to her Withdrawal Bill, Conservative MP Nigel Evans urged party bosses on the 1922 committee to change the rules to allow for an immediate vote of no confidence in Mrs May.
The Prime Minister survived such a vote in December, and therefore under the current rules cannot be challenged for another 12 months.
The committee has said ‘no’ to such a change before.
Mrs May – perhaps unsurprisingly – found no solace from the Labour Party either.
Despite having written to the Labour Leader this morning arguing that she had made concessions and therefore Mr Corbyn should too, the response from the Shadow Brexit Secretary, Sir Keir Starmer, was definitive.
Sir Keir called the Prime Minister’s bill, “too weak”.
He argued the Labour frontbench could make any amendments to bill as the Parliamentary arithmetic was in their favour.
In the build up to Prime Minister’s Questions, there was a sense the weekly combative exchange could provide the arena for a killer blow.
Instead, Mr Corbyn decided to focus on social issues.
The Shadow Education Secretary, Angela Rayner, vigorously nodded along as her Leader attacked the Government over the closing of schools.
With Mrs May now reportedly turning to her ‘legacy’, it was a chance for the Prime Minister to defend her record of tackling society’s “burning injustices”.
