‘Please let it go, enough is enough’: some Conservative MPs want Byrne to stop calling for Scheer’s removal

'I find it very frustrating, to be honest. If we’re going to win an election, we need to win as a team with our focus being on the Liberals' record instead of infighting amongst ourselves,’ says Conservative MP Michael Kram.

Conservative MPs want party stalwarts to stop taking shots at Andrew Scheer's leadership because they say the public attacks are causing internal divisions in the party.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ABBAS RANA

May 25, 2020

Former Conservative campaign director Jenni Byrne wants Conservative MPs to elect a new interim leader, but MPs say there’s no such plan in place, and are calling on senior Conservatives to quit taking shots at the outgoing leader, saying it causes divisions in the party which could be an obstacle...

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