{"id":121048,"date":"2023-11-04T18:29:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T18:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/?p=121048"},"modified":"2023-11-04T18:29:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T18:29:51","slug":"tory-civil-war-as-mps-p-off-over-delays-to-rishi-sunaks-reshuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uklevitrasupport.com\/politics\/tory-civil-war-as-mps-p-off-over-delays-to-rishi-sunaks-reshuffle\/","title":{"rendered":"Tory civil war as MPs ‘p***** off’ over delays to Rishi Sunak\u2019s reshuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rishi Sunak mocks Keir Starmer over ‘prepared lines’ for PMQs<\/h3>\n

Tories are increasingly turning their ire on Rishi Sunak as MPs grow impatient over a much-delayed cabinet reshuffle.<\/p>\n

Promises of a reshuffle started in spring this year, but so far the only change has been Grant Shapps as Defence Secretary after Ben Wallace’s resignation.<\/p>\n

One cabinet minister told Katy Balls, Deputy Political Editor of The Spectator magazine: “Colleagues are so p***** off over the delay.”<\/p>\n

Ms Balls, writing an opinion piece for iNews, revealed that many Tory MPs fear that the Prime Minister missed his opportunity to reset momentum with a wider reshuffle this summer.<\/p>\n

A senior aide said: \u201cWe should have gone in July, it was a mistake.”<\/p>\n

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It is thought that No 10 failed to act because they were panicked by the triple by-elections in July, which saw the Tories hold onto Uxbridge and South Ruislip.<\/p>\n

Tory MPs who are expected to be promoted in an eventual reshuffle include Claire Coutinho, Oliver Dowden, Mel Stride, Laura Trott and Richard Holden.<\/p>\n

Conservative insiders also expect that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Home Secretary Suella Braverman could face the chop in any future reshuffle.<\/p>\n

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Several MPs think any reshuffle now would be too late to change anything ahead of an election next year.<\/p>\n

One Government aide said: \u201cA lot of people think a change of government is inevitable.”<\/p>\n

One MP dismissed any hopes for a reshuffle promotion: \u201cIt takes months to grasp a brief.<\/p>\n

“I would rather focus on campaigning in my seat.\u201d<\/p>\n