Co-conspirators may have to read this sentence twice but – Ed Miliband was absolutely right. The Tory whips, for reasons of their own, announced this morning that the Opposition Day Motion on fracking was to be elevated to a Confidence Vote in the Government. So, Liz Truss’s parliamentary machine, Miliband said, was defending not just one of the most unpopular causes in the country (fracking) but the most unpopular cause (Liz Truss).
How could it get worse? One of the most senior cabinet ministers would have had to resign in the middle of the debate.
