THE HEADLINE-HUNGRY FRIEND OF BRUSSELS
BEFORE all the votes had even been counted on election night, Anna Soubry was first out of the blocks calling for Theresa May to ‘consider her position’.
The staunchly pro-Europe ex-minister has rarely been out of the headlines since the Brexit vote – despite her Broxtoe constituency in Nottinghamshire voting Leave.
Following a series of threatened rebellions on key votes, in August she warned Mrs May she could quit the Tories unless the PM softened her stance on Brexit. The
0-year-old, whose right to attend Cabinet was removed by Mrs May last year, has said it is ‘not impossible’ she would jump ship – but that she was not currently ready to do so.
Miss Soubry, who once described herself as ‘not a girl but a tough old bird’, began her career as a TV journalist on ITV’s This Morning before becoming a barrister. She was elected in 2010 and quickly promoted by David Cameron. In 2013, she had to apologise to Ukip leader Nigel Farage after making lewd remarks about him.