Intriguing but *absolutely unfounded* conspiracy theory:
Remember the fuss Jacob Rees-Mogg made around his no confidence letter? The media scrum outside Parliament? He must have been VERY sure that his was "the one" that would push the numbers over the top, right? Otherwise why,
Remember the fuss Jacob Rees-Mogg made around his no confidence letter? The media scrum outside Parliament? He must have been VERY sure that his was "the one" that would push the numbers over the top, right? Otherwise why,
as the main face of the ERG, would he bother to go to such a pantomime? It serves only to make him look weak.
But we also know that the 1922 chap in charge of all these hot potato letters checks regularly with senders to make sure they don't want to take them back. So what if
But we also know that the 1922 chap in charge of all these hot potato letters checks regularly with senders to make sure they don't want to take them back. So what if
Boris Johnson got onto his private Whatsapp channel (or whatever) with his best buddies, saying "Get ready. As soon as JRM puts his letter in, ask for yours back. Let's hang him out to dry."
Bingo. JRM looks weak and foolish, and his prospects of becoming the next Tory leader are sabotaged. Meanwhile, nothing can be traced directly back to BJ. And the absurd will-they won't-they dance of the 48 letters continues a while longer.
