The prime minister is staring down the barrel after the resignation of a cabinet minister and allegations MPs were being 'bullied' to vote with the government in opposing a ban on fracking.
A night of turmoil in WestminsterLord Frost, former Brexit minister, joined calls for Ms Truss to resign, saying"there is no shred of a mandate" for what she is doing."As Suella Braverman made so clear this afternoon, the government is implementing neither the programme Liz Truss originally advocated nor the 2019 manifesto," he wrote in the Telegraph.
The drama was sparked after climate minister Graham Stuart told the Commons minutes before the Labour motion that"quite clearly this is not a confidence vote" - despite Conservative deputy chief whip Craig Whittaker earlier issuing a"100% hard" three-line whip, meaning any Tory MP that rebelled could be thrown out of the parliamentary party.
Mr Rees-Mogg, the business secretary, insisted he had seen no evidence of anyone being manhandled while a source close to Ms Coffey, the health secretary and deputy PM, said she has"not manhandled anybody". Appearing visibly shaken and emotional, he hit out at those in his party who voted for the new prime minister:"I hope it was worth it for the ministerial red box, I hope it was worth it to sit around the cabinet table.Speaking to the BBC he added:"I have had enough of talentless people putting their tick in the right box, not because it's in the national interest but because it's in their own personal interest to achieve ministerial position.
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