In addition, they mobilized. Steve Baker, chairman of the European Research Group, has led efforts to get rid of Ms. May, helping other stubborn Eurosceptics.
This time, Mr. Baker is in the ranks of the rebels, but according to many critics who spoke with The Telegraph, there is no central organizing group to pull the strings.
The fact that there is no separate faction – and critically, no potential successor – campaigning for the removal of the prime minister may help Johnson survive the coup.
Do insurgents want a soft, moderate Tory like Jeremy Hunt to be the next leader? Or a favorite of ordinary people like Liz Truss? Or Rishi Sunak’s financial brain?
The rebels themselves do not know – which at least for now helps the prime minister stay in place.
It is also noteworthy that there are few resignations from the ranks of ministers.
Paul Holmes, Parliamentary Personal Secretary to the Minister of the Interior Priti Patel, has resigned over Sue Gray’s report. But others did not follow.
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