Posted 1/27/2024, 9:40:41 PM
Tory Rebels Plot to Oust Sunak and Install Badenoch as New Leader Before May Elections
- Tory rebels hope to replace PM Rishi Sunak with Kemi Badenoch as new leader before May elections, seeing her as a "new Thatcher" who can shake things up and beat Labour
- Sunak facing fresh leadership questions as Tories trail Labour by 20 points in polls
- Former deputy chairman urges Tories to unite behind Sunak, but rebels say he has until May to turn things around
- Badenoch seen as frontrunner by rebels, but Mordaunt also maneuvering for leadership
- Rebels described as "rats in a sack" by Sunak ally; Badenoch ally says plotters don't have her interests in mind