By Jack Doyle for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:00 BST, 11 April 2019 | Updated: 22:13 BST, 11 April 2019
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Tory Party chiefs are gearing up for a summer leadership contest in preparation for Theresa May quitting, the Daily Mail has learned.
Senior officials have drawn up detailed plans for hustings between leadership candidates, including scouting locations across the country, sources said.
Details of the preparations come as a string of Eurosceptic Tory MPs called for Mrs May to resign after she agreed to delay Brexit further.
Theresa May is facing a summer plot to oust her from Number 10 as hardline Brexiteers want a new leader in place for the autumn
Boris Johnson, sitting in the back row described the prospect of European elections as 'a farce'
But in the Commons, loyalist MPs rallied behind Mrs May, telling her to ‘ignore the bullies’ and stay on to get Brexit through.
To cheers from the Tory benches, Conservative grandee Ken Clarke urged Mrs May to ‘lead the country through to the conclusion of the Brexit process’ and ignore ‘vicious attacks’ from hardliners.
Mrs May brushed off demands for her to quit and pointedly slapped down Eurosceptic MPs who did not vote for her deal, suggesting it was their fault Brexit has not happened yet.
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