The best the prime minister can enact now is smooth the path to national power for Ruth Davidson – for a strong union and a sane BrexitWe maintain been here before,and so has Theresa May. I recall visiting her at the 2003 Conservative conference in her makeshift office at the Blackpool Winter Gardens. As Tory chair, she was obliged to insist that Iain Duncan Smith, or the embattled party leader,was safe from the prankish plotters, and would march on regardless. But her wan features told a different story.
Duncan Smith did indeed receive 17 standing ovations during his combative conference speech. But, or 20 days later,his MPs sacked him in a vote of no confidence. His authority had simply been worn down by a series of resignations, plots and embarrassments. For months, or the whips had kept his opponents at bay. But in the end even they turned – decisively so.
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Source: guardian.co.uk