Sunak Channels Fury With Rebel Tories Over Plots Against Him
- Premier issues rallying cry to party to unite behind him
- Rebels harming Conservative prospects at election, Sunak says
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Rishi Sunak told members of his Conservative Party that rebel MPs were making him “angry,” people familiar with the matter said, in a sign that the prime minister believed he needed to fight back against plots to oust him.
Sunak made remarks at a private meeting of ruling party lawmakers Wednesday, according to people briefed on what he said. The prime minister went on to dismiss those seeking his removal as only a small group intent on undermining his government, the people said. The premier said that by agitating the rebels were undermining the prospects of all Conservative lawmakers at the general election.