Fear of a Tory grassroots rebellion as MPs are booted out for next election

The axe has fallen for three sitting Conservatives after the removal of three PMs in less than four years

Are Conservative members in revolt against their own party? One sitting MP who has recently been warned he potentially faces being deposed by his local association before the next election fears it could be the case.

“We’re not generally an activist bunch, deselecting people,” the MP lamented. “It’s just not the Tory way – we like to leave all that to Labour.”