“The Conservative party must therefore withdraw the whip and end the inevitable continuation of his sniping from inside the tent.”Tebbit, a former Conservative cabinet minister, said the Bow Group was “absolutely right to make this call”. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Norman Tebbit: ‘It must call into question whether [Michael Heseltine’s] loyalty is to the UK or a foreign power. “When that happens, the Labour party will move, and the present government will be left holding the baby. Peers cannot vote in general elections but Heseltine said he would hypothetically be “torn, because I realise the enormous damage that both these options [Labour and Brexit] represent. If there is a point at which we have to put party loyalty on one side and national interest and our own convictions on the other, then the national interest is going to win.”

Source: The Guardian December 27, 2017 19:43 UTC