How can Tory MPs remove Liz Truss? Here are the options

When a consensus does emerge, things could move very quickly down one of these paths, writes Andrew Woodcock

Thursday 13 October 2022 21:30 BST
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Defenestrating Truss could trigger a repeat of the summer’s long drawn-out contest to succeed Boris Johnson
Defenestrating Truss could trigger a repeat of the summer’s long drawn-out contest to succeed Boris Johnson (AP)

Just a month into Liz Truss’s rule and already the Westminster tearooms and WhatsApp groups are buzzing with debate among Tory MPs about whether – and how – she should be removed.

Hardly any are happy with the position their new leader has put them in. Few are sanguine about their chances of survival if things stay as they are. But there is little agreement about the way ahead, with none of the available choices looking appetising.

So what are their options?

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