Rees-Mogg: topple May now or she will lead Tories into election
 

Backbench Brexiter claims very few Tories want Theresa May to lead the party into 2022

Jacob Rees-Mogg has said Conservative MPs must seize their chance to topple Theresa May or face the prospect of her leading the party into the next election, though he denied Eurosceptics had been humiliated by their failure so far to trigger a leadership vote.

Rees-Mogg, the backbench Brexiter who chairs the European Research Group of Eurosceptic MPs, said there were very few of his colleagues who wanted the prime minister to continue to lead the party into 2022.

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