After last night’s marathon in the Commons, today comes the showdown as Cabinet ministers are summoned to a five-hour meeting during which anything could happen – and probably will. Quite simply the Tory Party appears to be falling apart and the rot has set in at the very top. For once, the Prime Minister’s blabbermouth Chief Whip Julian Smith was right when he described the Cabinet – of which he is a member – as ‘the most ill-disciplined in British political history’. Normally, Cabinet ministers who defy the government whip would as a matter of course resign their posts, according to the doctrine of ministerial responsibility which has operated for centuries in British government. The Prime Minister’s utterance set in motion a beauty contest between those who saw themselves as her replacement, which is now reaching fever pitch.

Source: Daily Mail April 01, 2019 22:58 UTC