4 ministers plotted, failed to oust May
4 senior Cabinet ministers ‘plotted’ to oust British PM after her failed election gamble
British Prime Minister Theresa May faced a plot from her senior Cabinet ministers to oust her in the immediate aftermath of the June general election that saw the Conservative party lose its overall majority in Parliament, a new book has claimed.
The four most senior figures in her Cabinet — chancellor Philip Hammond, foreign secretary Boris Johnson, Brexit secretary David Davis and home secretary Amber Rudd — plotted to remove her following an election seen as a failed gamble by the British prime minister, according to Fall Out, A Year Of Political Mayhem.
Written by The Sunday Times political editor Tim Shipman, with extracts published in the newspaper on Sunday, the book claims that Mr Hammond texted Mr Johnson in the early hours of the morning following the election to say he would support him as the next leader.
British Prime Minister Theresa May faced a plot from her senior Cabinet ministers to oust her in the immediate aftermath of the June general election that saw the Conservative party lose its overall majority in Parliament, a new book has claimed.
The four most senior figures in her cabinet — chancellor Philip Hammond, foreign secretary Boris Johnson, Brexit secretary David Davis and home secretary Amber Rudd — plotted to remove her following an election seen as a failed gamble by the British Prime Minister, according to Fall Out, A Year Of Political Mayhem.
Written by the Sunday Times political editor Tim Shipman, with extracts published in the newspaper on Sunday, the book claims that Mr Hammond texted Mr Johnson in the early hours of the morning following the election on June 8 to say he would support him as the next leader.
It claims that a “triumvirate” plan was hatched under which Johnson would lead the UK as the new Prime
The four most senior figures in her Cabinet — chancellor Philip Hammond, foreign secretary Boris Johnson, Brexit secretary David Davis and home secretary Amber Rudd ‘plotted’
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Minister, Brexit secretary Mr Davis would handle EU withdrawal and Hammond would run the country’s finances.
According to the latest political book, the plan failed once it became clear that Ms May had no plans to step down and Mr Davis indicated he could not work under Mr Johnson.
Meanwhile, moderates with the Tory party, including former prime Sunday Times political editor Tim Shipman, with extracts published, the book claims that Hammond texted Johnson in the morning following the polls on June 8
It claims that a ‘triumvirate’ plan was hatched under which Johnson would lead as the new PM, Hammond would run the finances and Davis would handle the EU withdrawal
ministers David Cameron and John Major, and leading figures like George Osborne and Ruth Davidson are said to have gathered behind
Rudd, with the home secretary reported to have said she was keen to run.
The revelations of the book came as the divisions within the top tier of the government are at their most pronounced.