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| Theresa May tells Conservatives to end 'backbiting' | Theresa May tells Conservatives to end 'backbiting' |
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| Theresa May has told Tory MPs and ministers to end the "backbiting" over disagreements within the party. | Theresa May has told Tory MPs and ministers to end the "backbiting" over disagreements within the party. |
| The prime minister warned her MPs that the alternative to her in Number 10 would be Labour's Jeremy Corbyn. | The prime minister warned her MPs that the alternative to her in Number 10 would be Labour's Jeremy Corbyn. |
| It came at a summer reception for backbench Tory MPs on the House of Commons terrace on Monday. | |
| When the cabinet meets on Tuesday, Mrs May will tell them they must keep their discussions private, after a series of leaks and briefings on disagreements. | When the cabinet meets on Tuesday, Mrs May will tell them they must keep their discussions private, after a series of leaks and briefings on disagreements. |
| At the drinks reception, Mrs May told the party "no backbiting, no carping". | At the drinks reception, Mrs May told the party "no backbiting, no carping". |
| The choice, she said, is "me or Jeremy Corbyn... and nobody wants that". | The choice, she said, is "me or Jeremy Corbyn... and nobody wants that". |
| Go away over the summer for a "proper break", she told MPs, and "come back ready for serious business". | Go away over the summer for a "proper break", she told MPs, and "come back ready for serious business". |
| Plea for unity | Plea for unity |
| The prime minister is expected to remind her cabinet of their responsibilities and the need to keep their meetings private, after what appears to be a breakdown in discipline at the very top of the party. | The prime minister is expected to remind her cabinet of their responsibilities and the need to keep their meetings private, after what appears to be a breakdown in discipline at the very top of the party. |
| The plea to her party for unity comes just over a month since she lost her Commons majority after a snap general election gamble backfired. | The plea to her party for unity comes just over a month since she lost her Commons majority after a snap general election gamble backfired. |
| The attempt to instil discipline follows a sustained outbreak of cabinet leaks and leadership gossip. | The attempt to instil discipline follows a sustained outbreak of cabinet leaks and leadership gossip. |
| Hostile briefings in the press over the weekend appeared to show a growing rift in the cabinet over the government's approach to Brexit. | Hostile briefings in the press over the weekend appeared to show a growing rift in the cabinet over the government's approach to Brexit. |
| On Sunday, Chancellor Philip Hammond suggested colleagues opposed to his approach to Brexit had been briefing against him. | On Sunday, Chancellor Philip Hammond suggested colleagues opposed to his approach to Brexit had been briefing against him. |
| It followed press reports of his cabinet remarks on public sector pay. | It followed press reports of his cabinet remarks on public sector pay. |
| The prime minister's spokesman said: "Of course, cabinet must be able to hold discussions of government policy in private and the prime minister will be reminding her colleagues of that at the cabinet meeting tomorrow." | The prime minister's spokesman said: "Of course, cabinet must be able to hold discussions of government policy in private and the prime minister will be reminding her colleagues of that at the cabinet meeting tomorrow." |