Posted 3/18/2024, 12:20:00 AM
Sunak Under Pressure from Tories Amid Poor Polls, Donor Scandal
- Sunak facing pressure from Tory MPs to resign before next election amid dire polling and fears of heavy defeat
- Transport Secretary Mark Harper urges colleagues to back Sunak, says "politics is a team game"
- Speculation that Penny Mordaunt could challenge Sunak as a "stalking horse" candidate to trigger leadership contest
- Anger within party over handling of Tory donor racism scandal involving Frank Hester
- Cabinet ministers play down leadership challenge, warn changing leader again would be "absolutely disastrous"