Tories CAN hold a new no confidence vote on Theresa May's leadership by changing the rules, say grandees Mrs May is safe from no confidence vote until December under current rules The 12-month block has been treated as immovable by some Tory politicians But two former chairs of the 1922 Committee say that the group owns the rules They write today that the group is therefore able to change the current provision
By Sebastian Murphy-bates For Mailonline
Published: 13:12 BST, 14 April 2019 | Updated: 13:16 BST, 14 April 2019
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Mrs May (pictured arriving at church this morning with her husband Phillip) could face a fresh no confidence vote
Tory grandees have said there is nothing to stop the Conservative Party changing its no confidence rules to hold another vote on Theresa May's leadership.
Since the Prime Minister facing down such a vote in December last year, she and her supporters have been safe in the knowledge that another cannot be held for 12 months.
But former chairmen of the party's 1922 Committee