NEW: just ran into @SteveBakerHW outside parliament. 1] Sticking to that 80 PMs number. Says before recess 80 colleagues said they were willing to "protest Chequers" via amendments in the HoC
2] If May won't chuck Chequers will you try to chuck her? @SteveBakerHW: "We want to support TM as PM driving towards a free trade agreement and it is essential that this is done because alternative is crisis and rupture and we are trying to avoid that" (coming up on @skynews)
3] @SteveBakerHW on whether he will back @BorisJohnson for leader is May doesn't change course: "I am not here today to either threaten the PM or make any suggestion that we should replace her. what we want to do it change the policy not the person."
4] @SteveBakerHW says May must ditch Chequers in the "national interest". If it not scrapped by end of conference "we are in unchartered territory it is inconceivable to me that the conservative party either in the country or parliament are capable of uniting around Chequers"
.@SteveBakerHW when we'll see ERG plan. "We're not the govt. It's not our job to dictate policy, we wish to make helpful suggestions. We're going to focus down on 1 or 2 key issue & we're not going to allow ourselves to be driven by the overwhelming interest in our ideas >shelved
