New plot in the 'tories' to dethrone Sunak and crown Penny Mordaunt. Mordaunt is considered in a recent poll as the Conservative Party's most likely rival to Labor's Keir Starmer.
The news has provoked an angry reaction from prominent members of the party, such as veteran David Davis: "We have to fight these elections together and stop fighting among ourselves." Hard-line MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has joined in criticizing the new manoeuvres: "Changing prime minister again would be very destructive for the Tories."