selections from journalists via their twitter
Tory MP on Liz Truss's appearance at the 1922 Committee: 'It was like someone trying to light a fire using a magnifying glass. Using damp wood. In the dark.'
Tory MP on his way out of the 1922 Committee. "There's nothing between the ears. She didn't answer a bloody question and kept asking us what we should do. It's clear panic has set in."
Feels like time is running out for Liz Truss after tonight's 1922 Committee meeting. One MP said: "She was crap." Another added: "She was wooden, cardboard, lacking in empathy. It’s very bleak."
One Tory MP describes Truss' appearance at the 1922 committee as "funereal." Another, asked if she had done more to reassure colleagues, replies "absolutely not."
Tory MP on Truss at the 1922 Committee: "Worst since I've been to since 2015. Unspeakably bleak"
MPs who were at the 1922 committee tell me Truss was accused by blue collar Conservative Robert Halfon of "trashing the last 10 years of conservatism"
MP leaving Liz Truss address to the 1922 committee, asked how the meeting was? Was it positive? “It… it happened”
The threshold for a no confidence vote in Liz Truss would be reached 'in a couple of hours' if the 1922 Committee changed the rules, according to a Tory source
One senior Tory tells me the 1922 committee was “funereal”, another says it was a complete “disaster”. A third says anyone with a majority less than 10k is toast.
After last night’s 1922 Committee hearing at which Truss addressed her backbench MPs the kindest word used about her appearance was “deluded”.
