...And quite frankly I fail to see how liberal Tories like Ruth Davidson..a pretty outspoken lesbian about to get married to a southern Irish woman ..can sit comfortably with this lot..
they can't, and the gossip mill is saying that they won't.
the PCP is livid with May for losing the election, and livid with her for tying them to the DUP without any consultation - the short version is that even the Cabinet has decided that May has no authority, and that the whip system simply doesn't apply for any DUP related shenannigans.
to elaborate on the Evening Standards headline that May has been hung out to dry, the Tory party has taken the view that its May that has entered into some form of deal with the DUP, not the Tory party, and that she will have to deal with Tory MP's as she will any other coalition partner - to be accommodated, to be bought, to be placated, which will put her in an impossible situation because they will demand the opposite of the DUP demands.
theres already talk that some may refuse to serve in her Government, while the others will take a more wait-and-see approach - if she shows signs of pandering to the DUP's less attractive social attitudes however they'll be off.
this is of course predicated on the idea that she'll survive as PM - the betting this morning was that she'd be forced out over the weekend, however malice is creaping up on anger and the cooler view is that they will force her to stay until the summer recess in abject humiliation, at which point they'll have a leadership election to which she won't be invited, and then dumped in preperation for an october election, but if she puts a foot wrong she'll be out on her arse long before that.