Liam Fox and the smell of political death
A couple of Tory MPs I met this morning seem to think that even if Liam Fox survives today he’ll be hard-pressed to survive the week, blogs Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
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We spoke to the Conservative MP Liam Fox, who is supporting Rishi Sunak.
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A couple of Tory MPs I met this morning seem to think that even if Liam Fox survives today he’ll be hard-pressed to survive the week, blogs Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
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The fact David Cameron may not be Liam Fox’s biggest fan is probably the least relevant fact in this story. The Prime Minister will not want to lose a scalp, and will not want to lose somebody popular with vast numbers of party members and especially those MPs on the right of the party. Downing Street must be hoping tomorrow’s draft report has no other nasty surprises in it. But I rather suspect Liam Fox won’t be doing television interviews over the next few hours. He is facing the House of Commons, and no doubt discussing the situation with the Cabinet Secretary and the Prime Minister. Here are some of the questions the public might like the answers to.