Brexitea, who played a leading role in coordinating Theresa May’s resignation, confirmed her intention to run for the 1922 committee election. He said today there was “a foreseeable situation in which 1922 may need to act” to expel the current leader.
The Backbench Group plays an important role in setting the rules for leadership contests within the party and determining the future of Boris Johnson.
Under current rules, the prime minister is safe from another leadership challenge for a year after slightly surviving the June 6 vote.
Conservative lawmakers voted 211-148 for him to continue to lead the party.
But the prime minister’s critics have threatened to change the rules to allow a new vote of no confidence to take place sooner.
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Baker confirmed his intention to run for election today and said he would not hesitate to change the rules of the leadership election if he felt it was in the best interests of the party and the country.
“It should be delayed for the Commission to change established rules that promote political stability, but it is in the national interest to act swiftly and decisively if it turns out to be essential,” he said. I wrote in the Times.
“That’s what I want to offer again as part of the 1922 Executive Team.
“I hope the Conservatives agree to give me that opportunity.”
Wycombe MP is one of many critics who criticize Johnson for throwing his hat into the ring to join a powerful committee.
He has voiced attacking the government to raise taxes, as it was one of the main voices in working with the minister to ease blockade restrictions.
“If he does not resign in such a situation, he may need to take action to dismiss him.
“It’s one thing to make an inadvertent mistake, but you can’t intentionally misunderstand it.”
The Parliamentary Commission hopes to report the findings by the end of July.
The rebel parliamentary slate is set to stand side by side with senior backbenchers in the most fiercely contested 1922 committee elections to date.
Andrew Bridgen, a member of the North West Leicestershire state legislature, was included in a ticket to expel the Prime Minister with Mr Baker.
Bridgen Express.co.uk: “The atmosphere of the party has changed. I asked the rest of my rivals in the past to vote for me.”
Another rebel added, “The prime minister is toasting.”
The plan has a rule that allows the Prime Minister to vote a second time within 12 months, as long as 25% of Tory lawmakers require.
They may also demand that a third vote be allowed if the PM survives, as long as a letter is received from 40% of all Tory lawmakers.