'He's not even in our WhatsApp group!' Tory MP delivers crushing putdown to Grant Shapps over Theresa May plot
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A Tory MP has delivered the most brutal putdown imaginable to Grant Shapps over his plot to topple Theresa May.
Last night the former party chairman revealed himself to be the mastermind of a rebellion aimed at forcing Mrs May out of the top job.
He claims 30 MPs, including five former cabinet ministers have backed his calls for the PM to go.
But Chelmsford MP Vicky Ford had some harsh words to say about her Conservative colleague.
Speaking to BBC Essex, the backbencher said: "I know Grant well, but I believe he's completely out of touch.
"He's not been talking to his collegues."
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And then she delivered the killer blow, a burn hotter than the sun, from which there can surely be no recovery from Shapps.
"He's not even in our WhatsApp group!"
She went on: "We've all been talking to each other and chatting to each other - he's not even in the group. He's not in touch with what the majority of MPs are saying."
Shapps' 30 backers would, if true, be short of the 48 needed to force a leadership election.
"They are Remainers, they are Brexit eers," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning.
"A growing number of number of my colleagues, we 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 Brown or Major and I don't think it is going to work out here either."