{UAH} Ministers want Philip Hammond as caretaker prime minister

Frank Mujabi,

This is what I was talking about- Theresa May being shown the door in very brutal fashion by the Conservatives. The Conservatives are very brutal and heartless when it comes to changing their leaders. Theresa knows she is a walking corpse as former Chancellor George Osborne claimed. The only issue now is when she will be buried. Her fate is made worse by the fact the quality that brought her to the top, that of not belonging to cliques within the party, is now her greatest weakness because she does not have any one to fight her corner. She is now like a rabbit dazzled to immobility by car light at night.

Bobby

Ministers want Philip Hammond as caretaker prime minister

Tim Shipman, Political Editor

June 25 2017, 12:01am, The Sunday Times

Chancellor Philip Hammond could be anointed leader as long as he vows to stand down after two yearsSTEFAN ROUSSEAU

Philip Hammond is being lined up to replace Theresa May as prime minister as part of an alliance with David Davis to deliver Brexit safely.

Ministers said this weekend that Hammond should be anointed as leader before October's party conference provided he vows to stand down after two years so that someone else can lead the Conservatives into the next election.

A former cabinet colleague has claimed the chancellor believes he is equipped to do the job. "He told me that if Theresa May could be prime minister, so could he."

The elevation of Hammond — dubbed "Spreadsheet Phil" — would be greeted with resistance by some Eurosceptics who are suspicious of his interventions demanding a soft Brexit that puts jobs and business before controls on immigration.…

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