http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05 ... rsonal-a1/Quote:
Is this the day the EU referendum campaign turned dirty? Two front pages lead on personal attacks on the Prime Minister and his immigration record from cabinet ministers.
The Sunday Telegraph carries a piece by Priti Patel, the eurosceptic employment minister, suggested David Cameron and George Osborne are too rich to care about immigration.
Meanwhile The Sunday Times has a letter form Boris Johnson and Michael Gove, the two most prominent Tories backing Brexit, saying the Prime Minister has eroded public trust on immigration.
And then a few hours later on TV:
Quote:
Here are the key Nadine Dorries quotes as she revealed during ITV's Peston on Sunday show that she has formally called for a leadership contest.
ON VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
"My letter’s already in. If the Remain camp wins by a large majority, let’s say 60:40, then David Cameron might just survive. But if Remain win by a narrow majority or if Leave – as I certainly hope, I think – will win he’s toast within days."
ON WHO SHE WOULD BACK AS LEADER INSTEAD
"I always have backed the only politician I think in Westminster who has a proven track record of achievement and that’s Boris Johnson."
ON IF THERE IS ANYTHING PM CAN DO TO WIN HER BACK
“No and I will tell you why – because he’s lied profoundly and I think that is actually really at the heat of why Conservative MPs have been so angered.
“To say that Turkey is not going to join the Europe Union for as far as 30 years is a lie and if you look at what David Lidington, the minister, has said during the [Commons] debates in Hansard Turkey are well on the way to being part of the European Union.
“There are many issues about which David Cameron has told outright lies and the trust because of that has gone in both him and George Osborne. …
"So because of those very reasons the trust has been absolutely shattered in both David Cameron and George Osborne in the Conservative Party and it would be very hard for either of them to survive in the future.”
No way is this coincidental timing. It's a co-ordinated attack.
It takes 50 letters from MPs to force a vote of no confidence, apparently. That seems like a very achievable goal if the Leave camp are determined to get it.