A LITTLE birdie tells me the Tory rebels are still a significant way off the letters needed to trigger a vote of confidence in Rishi Sunak.
The threat of a June election — first revealed in this column last week — looms over the party if they even hint at regicide after May 2’s local elections.
But, as things stand, the magic number of 53 is a pipe dream.
While our poll on Pages 8 and 9 today will do little to calm the jitters, the herd has not yet moved . . . even if a few stray bovines are mooing.
Yet the Prime Minister is by no means out of the woods. He’s on course for a pummelling.
Almost half of voters say Sunak does not have a plan for the UK. Whatever plan the PM …