Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg has warned Tory rebels that ousting Rishi Sunak would be “madness” as he argued “changing our leader in the way people seem to change their socks cannot be wise”. The former business secretary said any Tory MPs plotting to replace Mr Sunak needed to “calm down and support the Prime Minister”. He made the comments amid ongoing speculation about a potential challenge to Mr Sunak’s leadership as the Conservative Party continues to struggle in the polls. Referring to leadership speculation, Sir Jacob told GB News: “I think this is crazy stuff. It’s madness. The Conservative Party has already changed leader too many times since the last election. “The mandate that we have for a prime minister gets thinner and thinner every time we change it. And we need, as Conservatives, to calm down and support the Prime Minister.” He added: “We also have to show to voters that we are a serious party of government and changing our leader in the way people seem to change their socks cannot be wise, it cannot be sensible, it cannot imbue the nation with that level of confidence that it needs to have.” You can follow the latest updates below and join the conversation in the comments section here . Sir Robert Buckland has told the House of Lords not to “push the matter too aggressively” as it seeks to make further changes to the Rwanda Bill tomorrow. MPs last night voted to strip out all 10 of the amendments passed by the Lords to the Bill but it will now return to the upper chamber for further scrutiny, with peers expected to try to amend it again. Sir Robert, a Tory former justice secretary, defied the Government and voted last night to keep some of the amendments but he suggested the Lords now needed to back down. He told Sky News: “Last night I took a view that I thought some of the Lords amendments were right, I supported them, in defiance of my own Government, never an easy thing to do. “I think now that we have got through this first stage, I think the Lords would probably be best advised not to push the matter too aggressively because this is an elected Government, it needs to get on with its plan. “I have always supported the principle of using and working with other countries to support the challenge of illegal migration. We have just got to get the detail right. That’s what I was doing last night.” Rishi Sunak today announced plans to introduce a new Independent
Football Regulator to tackle “unscrupulous owners”. The Government has finally brought forward its long-awaited Football Governance Bill. You can read the full story on what is in the Bill here . Sir Jacob Rees Mogg said “changing our leader in the way people seem to change their socks cannot be wise” as he issued a warning to any Tory MPs plotting to oust Rishi Sunak. The former Cabinet minister said that the Tories were now “getting ahead with some Conservative policies” as he urged all of his colleagues to back Rishi Sunak. He told GB News: “But we also have to show to voters that we are a serious party of government and changing our leader in the way people seem to change their socks cannot be wise, it cannot be sensible, it cannot imbue the nation with that level of confidence that it needs to have. “And so, although I’ve been a critic of Rishi Sunak over the years, I haven’t always lauded him with praise, I think now is the time for the party to be loyal: To back its leader to recognise an
election is close at hand. “We need to concentrate on that and the manifesto for the
British people that we will deliver in the next few months, rather than the vanity, the vainglory, the self-obsession of some politicians who think it’s about them. “It’s not. It’s about the country and it’s about the King’s government being carried on, as the Duke of Wellington always used to say.” Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg has warned Tory rebels that ousting Rishi Sunak would be “madness” as he argued “changing our leader in the way people seem to change their socks cannot be wise”. The former business secretary said any Tory MPs plotting to replace Mr Sunak needed to “calm down and support the Prime Minister”. He made the comments amid ongoing speculation about a potential challenge to Mr Sunak’s leadership as the Conservative Party continues to struggle in the polls. Referring to leadership speculation, Sir Jacob told GB News: “I think this is crazy stuff. It’s madness. The Conservative Party has already changed leader too many times since the last election. “The mandate that we have for a prime minister gets thinner and thinner every time we change it. And we need, as Conservatives, to calm down and support the Prime Minister.”