There is more sympathy across the House for the Prime Minister than one would guess from the headlines.
Who will stand? Will Tory incumbents run again? Is there capacity to fight a proper campaign? What would the message be?
Will many candidates want to stand, given the popular anger about such an election even happening?
The Party’s Chief Executive has briefed the Cabinet that there are insufficient funds to fight a snap General Election. How bare is the cupboard?
She hopes for agreement before the European elections, but the Government will “make responsible preparations to hold the elections should this not prove possible.”
We be explaining on the doorsteps why voters should send representatives to an institution we pledged to have left two months previously.
She yesterday achieved the outcome most likely to prop her up – at least for the time being. But Cooper, Letwin and Bercow are waiting in the wings.
New polling for Open Europe shows that the Tories have special reason to be wary of this consequence of a long extension.