Seems the Tories are getting twitchy in the light of the humiliating Eastleigh by-election.
Pressure is on Cameron to call an earlier than expected referendum on the EU as a response to the UKIP threat. Of course, none of us actually believe that we will get one after the 2015 general election in any case.
Pressure is also on to line up a replacement for Cameron. Last week there was a meeting involving Chris Grayling, David Davies, John Redwood, Liam Fox and Bernard Jenkin to discuss both issues - together with a possibility of calling an early end to the coalition.
Once again, it is Europe that divides the Conservatives. Last week Teresa May visited Germany to discuss ways to limit the tens of thousands of Bulgarian and Romanian benefit tourists that will come flooding in to Germany and Britain in January 2014. May is acutely aware of the electorate's view on immigration and, I believe, would like to get tough on the issue if only she is allowed to do so.
But the most telling indicator of dissent amongst Tories is the denial by Downing Street that Mrs May is being groomed as a successor to Cameron...
...which almost certainly means that she is!
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Sadly Margaret Thatcher is no longer able to offer advice to her or to endorse her potential candidature, which may or may not be a good thing.
The day after she's elected Prime Minister, it will become public knowledge that she's been knobbed by the head of G4S for the past 4 years and, as a result, they will now take the place of the Police in UK, hospital porters in NHS hospitals (with the power to evict any person who is white, Christian, married, has a job or who is ill). Don't blame me if this really does happen. I didn't vote for the bitch!
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