Tories splitting a bit?
Times today:-"‘Many’ Tory MPs to quit if it comes to no‑deal Brexit"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/many-tory-mps-to-quit-if-it-comes-to-no-deal-brexit-z5g358v5r"Boris Johnson is facing a new cabinet rebellion over a no-deal Brexit and there are mounting concerns in Downing Street of further resignations.A group of five ministers — Nicky Morgan, Julian Smith, Robert Buckland, Matt Hancock and Geoffrey Cox — are on a “resignation watch list”.It came after a “fractious” cabinet meeting in which ministers warned Mr Johnson about the “grave” risk of the return of direct rule in Northern Ireland and raised concerns about Dominic Cummings, his most senior adviser.One cabinet minister told The Times: “Cabinet will set the strategy, not unelected officials. If this is an attempt to do that then it will fail. We are not a cabinet of sock puppets and nodding dogs.”Another cabinet minister said that a “very large number” of Tory MPs would quit if Mr Johnson put a no-deal Brexit at the core of his general election strategy. They said they would find it “very hard” to stay in a government that committed itself to a no-deal Brexit."
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