The ex-Altrincham and Sale West MP has also discussed Boris Johnson and Theresa May
Former Altrincham and Sale West MP Sir Graham Brady has revealed the 'surreal' moment former Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned after just 49 days. Holed up at Downing Street with a tuna sandwich and a mug of tea, he said he was watching rolling news coverage of the situation as it played out, as the media believed he was in a meeting with her.
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But the “persistent rumour” that he had told Rishi Sunak he was on the cusp of a no confidence vote and that prompted him to call an earlier election than planned made him decide to divulge that this was not the case, he says. He only received 10 such letters for Mr Sunak before the former prime minister called this year’s election, nowhere near the threshold required to trigger a vote of no confidence, he has revealed in published excerpts of his book.
“I thought one of the most impressive things about Rishi Sunak was that he was relentlessly positive in the most incredibly difficult circumstances where everything seemed to be going against him, everything seemed to go against the Conservative Party.”“David Cameron was very casual. Would have his shoes off and his feet up on the table. Theresa wasn’t like that. She was always very proper. We’d drink tea with a teapot and China caps and saucers.
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