as home secretary. he stepped up after suella braverman stepped down, resigning over two data breaches. but have a look at her resignation letter. she wrote to the prime minister pretending we haven t made mistakes, carrying on as if everyone can t see that we have made them and hoping that things will magically come right is not serious politics. i have made a mistake. i accept responsibility. i resign. she was hinting at what some conservative mps were saying privately and publicly last night here in westminster, that the government has lost its authority and that they think liz truss should go. another source of tension last night was a vote in parliament tabled by labour about whether mps should get a say on the government s plans to bring back fracking. downing street told tory mps the vote would be considered a vote of confidence in the government itself, and if they didn t oppose it and back the government they would face being kicked out of the parliamentary party. in the vo
continuing the coverage of the extraordinary scenes we have seen here over extraordinary scenes we have seen here over the past few days. welcome to viewers both in the uk and around the world. liz truss s premiership is under even more pressure, after extraordinary scenes at westminster last night, during which ministers were accused of using physicalforce on conservative mps to make sure they voted with the government. amid confusion over whether a vote on fracking was a confidence vote, there were reports the chief whip and her deputy had quit. downing street later said that both were still in theirjobs, and a minister said he d seen no evidence of anyone being manhandled. this morning the conservative mp simon hoare has told the bbc that the prime minister has a matter of hours to turn round her premiership. the latest round of turmoil began yesterday afternoon with the resignation
i m annita mcveigh live at westminster on another dramatic day. the headlines at 9. a conservative mp warns the prime minister has a matter of hours to get a grip after chaotic vote in the commons last night. ministers were accused of using physical force on some conservative mps, there were rumours the chief whip had quit, hours after the home secretary resigned. i have said to a number of colleagues it is never acceptable for there to be any harassment of members as they pass their democratic vote, so i hope any who were will be duly dealt with. i democratic vote, so i hope any who were will be duly dealt with.- were will be duly dealt with. i hope the eole
subject to a three line whip, basically means they had to be there, the whips will now be speaking to conservative mps who failed to support the government. those without a reasonable excuse for failing to vote with the government can expect proportionate disciplinary action. we have asked the question, we don t know what that means yet in terms of what is going to be proportionate, but you can imagine the situation. if you are a tory mp who was against fracking, signs up to a manifesto that said no to fracking, was then told to vote with the government on fracking, didn t vote with the government on fracking because you did not think it was a confidence issue, basically, but whetherthe government should stay in power. now you are told it was and you re going to be disciplined. can t imagine that will do much, at all, to help the mood of the conservative party. there is a broader point here, isn t there, nick? this government was supposed to be a fresh start for the conservatives after
let mejust bring in some news. we are told the speaker of the house of commons sir lindsay hoyle has said he has asked the serjeant at arms and other officials to investigate allegations made about incidents in the commons last night. the surrounds that fracking vote. a number of labour mps and others said that they had seen conservative mps being manhandled. the word being was used as well. as mps decided about whether they were going to go in and vote in support of the government. sir lindsay hoyle said he has asked the sergeant at arms and other officials to investigate allegations made about incidents in the commons on wednesday night. those accusations of bullying. and indeed of manhandling mps absolutely rejected by the conservative party. in a statement to mps sir lindsay