Who will replace Theresa May?

Long before the Tory party conference began, Theresa May's plotters have been conspiring to take over the reins.

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Post-speech sympathy soon gave way to plotting
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Theresa May "coughed and spluttered through her ill-fated party conference speech" last week, says The Observer's Toby Helm. While there was a "wave of post-speech sympathy" for her problems, which included a prankster presenting her with a P45, "it was not long before the plotting began". The conference has "left a deep wound on the prime minister" and many MPs "feel she should fall on her sword".

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Dr Matthew Partridge
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Matthew graduated from the University of Durham in 2004; he then gained an MSc, followed by a PhD at the London School of Economics.

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