‘He should SHUT UP’ Andrea Leadsom slaps down Shapps' plot to oust Theresa May
Mr Shapps, a former Tory party chairman, yesterday made clear his desire for Mrs May to step down as Prime Minister.
But now senior Torys have slapped down his push to oust the party leader, telling him to "shut up".
Speaking yesterday Mr Shapps said: “A growing number of my colleagues realise that the solution isn’t to bury our heads in the sand and just hope things will get better.
"It never worked out for Gordon Brown or John Major and I don’t think it is going to work out here either.”
Mr Shapps has claimed to have the backing of around 30 MPs, but under party rules he will need to gather the signatures of 48 MPs in order to trigger a formal leadership contest.
Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom, who ran against Mrs May for the party leadership in 2016, claimed the move by the former chairman was "unhelpful"