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If he has any concern for his reputation, the PM will shelve this doomed mistake and do everything to rescue public services, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Will Dry has turned on his former boss, predicting the Conservatives are on track for the 'most almighty of defeats' in the next election

In today’s newsletter: Former minister Simon Clarke has called for the prime minister to walk before the next election – here’s why

Will Dry, who quit his No 10 role last November after becoming dispirited, says his party is ‘heading for most almighty of defeats’

Writing in the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday, Clarke claimed Sunak, who is under increasing pressure after he was dealt a blow to his Rwanda deportation plan in the House of Lords, was "leading the Conservatives into an election where we will be massacred".

MPs from all wings of the party join in criticism of Simon Clarke, with some saying he should lose the whip after comments

Editorial: If Conservatives seek salvation in a more radical rightwing agenda, they will hasten their already steep decline

After Simon Clarke proposed yet another leadership switch, most Tory MPs looked the other way – but Nadine sees deeper intrigue

Amid the paper’s own crises, the Telegraph’s intent seems clear: lower taxes and crack down on immigration

If I had to pick my favourite failed coup of the Gordon Brown premiership, it would have to be the Patricia Hewitt-Geoff Hoon plot. It was early January 2010 when the former cabinet ministers called for a secret ballot of Labour MPs to effectively force the prime minister out. 

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