crispin blunt has said effectively the time is up, it's a question of when, not if. one person that has publicly put their head above the parapet, privately, there are other conservative mps of a similar mindset. if you cast your mind back to when borisjohnson was in charge, there was a steady trickle of individuals who came out and said, we no longer think the prime minister's position was untenable, questions about letters going into the 1922 committee, different situation now because they can't act in the same way, they can't act in the same way, they can't bring about another confidence vote for another 11 months. there is no obvious mechanism at this stage but if it were to be the case that crispin blunt prompts a groundswell of conservatives coming out and saying the same thing, then it would increasingly look like liz truss has lost the confidence of her party, but by no means we are at that stage yet, a lot of conservatives stressing they still have confidence in her, they will probably give her until the economic statement in my report there, give her the ne

meanwhile, speaking on channel 4, the tory mp crispin blunt, who's stepping down at the next electioncalled for liz truss to go. he's been speaking to andrew neil. can liz truss survive? no, i think the game is up, and it's now a question as to how the succession is managed. well, if the game is up for, how could that succession be managed? i mean, let me put it bluntly, to begin with, how would you get rid of him? well, george was speaking to some of the mechanisms earlier. if there is a such a weight of opinion in the parliamentary party that she we have to have a change, then it will be affected, exactly how it's done and exactly under what mechanism. a short time, ago i spoke to our political correspondent, peter saull, about what this development means for the pm's chances of keeping a grip on her party. crispin blunt, perhaps not a household name, but pretty well respected figure on the conservative backbenches, has said effectively the time is up. it's a question of when, not if the new prime minister goes. this isjust one person, i should say, who's publicly put their head abo

this is what crispin blunt had to say. it’s what crispin blunt had to say.s that her position is now untenable. obvious that her position is now untenable-— obvious that her position is now untenable. , ., ,.., , untenable. there is no escaping the fact that the — untenable. there is no escaping the fact that the british _ untenable. there is no escaping the fact that the british prime _ fact that the british prime minister, who promised to cut taxes by more than her rival, rishi sunak, during the leadership competition is keeping them higher than he planned. can she keep her position when her promise of change has been so undermined? here is william atkinson, the assistant editor of conservative home. is a complete reversal of _ conservative home. is a complete reversal of all _ conservative home. is a complete reversal of all of _ conservative home. is a complete reversal of all of the _ conservative home. is a complete| reversal of all of the trussonomics experiments we have seen over the last few weeks. tory mps will say, why did we bother having liz tru

the conservative mp crispin blunt spoke to the today programme wholly untenable and that she doesn'tamentary party has to urgently rediscover discipline". the international trade secretary, kemi badenoch, has also been speaking this morning. here's what she had to say on the current situation in government. good morning, ms badenoch. bbc news. are you planning to resign? no. is the government fully functioning at the moment? well, it's quite clear that there is quite a lot of turmoil in the party but what we all need to do is keep calm heads and work to resolve it and i'm confident we can do that. do you think liz truss should go today? thank you very much. have you got support to stand instead of her? earlier, labour leader sir keir starmer, addressing delgates at the tuc congress in brighton, criticised the government. they can dance around and u—turn, they can sack this chancellor or the prime minister, but the damage is done and they did it. they crashed the british economy, and for what? to show that they were on this side of the richest 1%. a crisis made in downing street witho

there are many other backbenchers who we know think the same as crispin blunt, and they are the peoplet she will go in the short term, she will not be able to see this party through to the next general election? it's her duty to stay as a caretaker until the party decide with whom they will replace the because, although things are bad at the moment, they could be worse, if a punch—up were to develop, if she were to go, more or less immediately, and there was then a fight for the succession between a number of not very convincing candidates, in order to lead the party you have to have it united, and she came in, having had this very divisive six or seven weeks of battling and not getting even the largest number of mps on her side, rishi sunak had more, so it was a very divided party, the next leader has got to reunite it, but in the short term it's her duty to reunite the party and putting onjeremy hunt is a big step towards doing that. your book outlines the problems that borisjohnson faced, not very long ago, how do his problems compare with liz truss's? his problems were fatal, but h

one of those was crispin blunt, a former conservative minister and mp for reigate, whojoins me now.it is blindingly obvious that her position now— to go, why? it is blindingly obvious that her position now is _ to go, why? it is blindingly obvious that her position now is untenable. the appointment ofjeremy hunt has begun to repair some of the damage and we had seen accelerated plans that he is going to deliver this morning gaining market confidence, and that is part of but not a completion of the necessary change we need to make in the presentation of the government to the markets, the country, and the media, to regain people's confidence, and we can deliver sound money and sound administration. that is going to need a change of feminist as well. penny mordaunt, jeremy hunt have called for party unity, for mps such as yourself to get behind the prime minister, doesn't she deserve that? well, i think minister, doesn't she deserve that? well, ithink it minister, doesn't she deserve that? well, i think it is plainly obvious to everyone, including all commentators, and 91% of the publi

the conservative mp crispin blunt spoke to the today programme on radio four this morning and castigatedister. highly untenable. and if she does not understand that, then i will be astonished. but one of the qualities she has shown is a lack of self—knowledge through this whole process, because it ought to have been clear she did not have the capacity to lead our party and i don't think she should have put herself up for the leadership in the first place. all of that has now been confirmed. it is plain what is required. we need to effect a change. frankly, today, in orderto stop this shambles, and give our country the governance it needs under our constitution. this morning the transport secretary anne—marie trevelyan was asked if she was proud to be a member of the government iam very i am very proud to be secretary of state for transport, delivering really important policies and indeed day—to—day services for our constituents across the country. i think yesterday's sad seeming images from the lobbies are ones i know the business managers will look into today, and i have said to a numbe

crispin blunt.y — stood in the last conservative leadership election and she was asked this morning whether she would be be running again. mrs braverman, are you going to l stand or can you rule yourself out? i'll be making statement in due course. mrs braverman, are you goingi to stand, can you give us some indication whether. you'll stand or not? earlier, i spoke to will walden, who ran borisjohnson's successful 2019 leadership campaign — i asked him whether he thought the former prime minister would decide to run in this contest. boris hates losing and i suspect that he won't do it if he can't make the threshold of 100 mps needed to go to a vote of tory mps. and particularly, i don't think he'll do it if he can't see a path to second place, because the truth of this is that rishi sunak is clearly the front runner among mps. but in boris' case, if he can get to second, i suspect he thinks he can win because what happens is it goes to the membership and i think this is a membership that elected liz

i was just talking to crispin blunt.an with the come here in this traditionally conservative voting market town in the east of trash aqua cheshire. here is what happened just after liz truss resigned. just wondering if you have heard the news that liz truss has resigned. ihla. that liz truss has resigned. no. that is good- — that liz truss has resigned. no. that is good. that _ that liz truss has resigned. no. that is good. that didn't - that liz truss has resigned. no. that is good. that didn't last. that liz truss has resigned. no. i that is good. that didn't last long, did it? who _ that is good. that didn't last long, did it? who would _ that is good. that didn't last long, did it? who would you _ that is good. that didn't last long, did it? who would you like? - that is good. that didn't last long, did it? who would you like? i - did it? who would you like? i wouldn't have _ did it? who would you like? i wouldn't have a _ did it? who would you like? i wouldn't have a clue. - did it? who would you like? i wouldn't ha

guardian writes that liz truss is "fighting for her political survival" after the veteran tory mp crispin bluntf the front pages. "britain needs stability, not a soap opera," leader of the commons penny mordaunt writes in the daily telegraph, signalling she isn't planning to stage a coup against ms truss. ms mordaunt warns mps against rebelling and says the country needs "pragmatism and teamwork". and this morning's times features on its front page this eye—catching we need that! a very cute image of a king charles spaniel with dog firms reportedly hoping the new king might boost the breeds popularity, although i think they are already popular. they have got popular over the last years but i think they hope the drip of people saint king charles, king charles will get people to go out and buy a king charles spaniel, but i image there. somalia has a long history of droughts but climate change has made the intervals between them shorter — and the latest one is the worst for a0 years. shorter — and the latest one two weeks ago our africa correspondent andrew harding reported on the situation there

let's listen to conservative mp crispin blunt. we will see if it pans out. when it comes to the national interest, if we look at what is next of the measures from kwasi kwarteng, they are measures the labour party has and can sign up to. you agreed to the reversal in the national insurance contributions. that has now gone through parliament. he agreed with the energy intervention, evenif agreed with the energy intervention, even if it is going to be scaled back. labour's plan and he went up to april next year in the first instance. —— only went up. i to april next year in the first instance. -- only went up. i think there is plenty — instance. -- only went up. i think there is plenty for _ instance. -- only went up. i think there is plenty for everyone - instance. -- only went up. i think there is plenty for everyone to . instance. -- only went up. i think there is plenty for everyone to be j there is plenty for everyone to be upset with. we never supported the rise in national insurance and were entirely consistent by maintaining