There are multiple press reports that the magic 48 letter threshold has been reached in the Tory “no confidence in TM” race.
However, we’ve been here before and it turned out to be black smoke not white, so we’ll have to see if anything comes of rumours.
theguardian.com/politics/2018/…
IF there is a no confidence vote, and IF Theresa May gets the required simple majority and survives, then the BBC and other media should delete the ERG from their contact books because they will have gone from minor sideshow to utter irrelevance.