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General election 2017: Theresa May is a dead woman walking, says Osborne General election 2017: Theresa May is a dead woman walking, says Osborne
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Prime Minister Theresa May is "a dead woman walking" who will inevitably face a leadership challenge, former Tory Chancellor George Osborne has said.Prime Minister Theresa May is "a dead woman walking" who will inevitably face a leadership challenge, former Tory Chancellor George Osborne has said.
Mr Osborne, who is now editor of the Evening Standard, said that Tory MPs were "absolutely furious" that Mrs May had not acknowledged their losses. Mr Osborne, who is now editor of the Evening Standard, said Tory MPs were "absolutely furious" that Mrs May had not acknowledged their losses.
He told the Andrew Marr Show: "It's just how long she is going to remain on death row." But defence secretary Sir Michael Fallon said the Prime Minister was changing her leadership style.
He said her leadership could come to an end "at the end of next week". He said: "There is no other party that has any legitimacy or credibility."
'Death row'
Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show after the Conservatives lost 13 seats and their majority, Mr Osborne said that a leadership challenge could come "at the end of next week".
He said: "It's just how long she is going to remain on death row."
He described foreign secretary Boris Johnson, who has been named as a possible challenger in the Mail on Sunday, as in a "permanent leadership campaign".
But Mr Johnson dismissed the reports, tweeting: "Mail on Sunday tripe - I am backing Theresa may. Let's get on with the job"
Other Conservative MPs have predicted that the party is likely to choose a new leader after a transitional period.
Former education secretary and Loughborough MP Nicky Morgan told ITV's Peston on Sunday that the party needed to change leaders before the next election, saying that a contest could take place over the summer.
But she said: "If we are going to have another leadership contest in the Conservative party, we cannot have another coronation like we did last summer."
Broxtowe MP Anna Soubry, former minister for small businesses, told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme that she believed Mrs May "has considered her position and I think she is set to go in due course."
She said: "She is flawed, she is in a desperate situation. I think her position is untenable and I think she knows that, and she is doing the right thing."
'Political ruin'
Turning to Brexit, the election has given more power to Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, and to Conservatives in Scotland, Mr Osborne said.
He said this shift would change the debate, because the DUP were committed to avoiding a hard border with Ireland.
Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, has called for a new approach to Brexit, prioritising free trade and the economy over restricting immigration.
"I don't think there is a majority now in the House of Commons for the kind of hard Brexit which is a route to political ruin for the Tory party, but more importantly is a real route to trouble for the country as a whole", Mr Osborne said.
And he said the "confidence and supply" arrangement that the Conservatives were seeking with the DUP was risky.
"You're still basically at the whim on every vote of the DUP. It's a very unstable arrangement."
Mr Osborne also revealed Mrs May's words to him when he was sacked last year. "She said I needed to get to know my party better."
'A different approach'
Also speaking on the Andrew Marr show, Sir Michael Fallon said Mrs May was right to call an election, and as the biggest party it was now their "duty in the national interest" to form a government.
"We have to get on and make the best of it. There is no other party that has any legitimacy or credibility in forming a government", he said.
The Conservatives "fully understand what people are saying to us" and the Prime Minister would take a more collaborative approach to government, he added.
"Clearly a minority government requires a different approach. You've already seen some changes in personnel at Number 10 Downing Street. I welcome that.
"You're going to see more collective decision making in cabinet. I and other senior colleagues have made that clear to her," he said.