Theresa May is under pressure to go – but the Conservatives have bigger worries than poor leadership.

The PM’s replacement will still have a weak parliamentary position and a chimerical referendum result to enact.

Is this the promised end?  “Lead or go” is the Spectator's cover story this week as the pressures mount on Theresa May. James Forsyth details the growing unease about the PM's lack of leadership, revealing that one member of the inner Cabinet has taken to telling people that the Brexit decision-making process looks “looks worse from the inside than the outside”, like some kind of TARDIS of awfulness. Meanwhile, in the Sun, Tom Newton Dunn reveals that a junior minister is poised to quit and condemn May from the backbenches.

In his Telegraph column, defenestrated aide Nick Timothy warnsthat toppling Theresa May won't improve the Tory position. “Whoever is prime minister, the political facts of life will not change. There will be a minority government. The Conservatives will be divided on Europe. And Whitehall will be swamped as it handles the complexity of our departure from the EU.”  It's easy to be cynical about Timothy's motives but he's got a point. May's replacement is still going to have a weak parliamentary position and a chimerical referendum result to enact.

By Stephen Bush.

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