1922 committee chairman Sir Graham Brady to write tell-all book

Sir Graham set to reveal what has really been happening since 2010 as successive Conservative PMs have been ousted

As the chairman of the 1922 committee, Sir Graham Brady has a reputation for remaining tight-lipped about what is happening when Tory MPs try to expel their leader.
But now he is set to break his silence with a new book revealing what has really been happening since 2010 as successive Conservative prime ministers have been ousted.
Sir Graham is writing a new book that will not only detail his political career but also take readers behind the scenes of the influential committee.
Kingmaker: Secrets, Lies and the Truth About Five Prime Ministers is due to be published after the general election, with a provisional release date of Nov 7.
As the committee chairman – a position he has held almost continuously since 2010 – Sir Graham is the only person who knows how many MPs submitted no confidence letters and when throughout this period.
Conservative Party rules say a no confidence vote in the leader must be held if 15 per cent of the party’s MPs submit a letter to the committee requesting one.
Theresa May and Boris Johnson both faced such votes, which they narrowly won, but both were ousted soon afterwards. Speculation persists about whether Rishi Sunak could face one before the next election. 
Sir Graham is not expected to reveal Tory MPs who privately submitted letters, but will talk more widely about plots to oust leaders and how he dealt with demands for information from Number 10.
The book will be published by Ithaka Press, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK’s Black & White Publishing Group.
How much Sir Graham, who will step down as the Tory MP for Altrincham and Sale West at the election, received for the book is not known, but it was sold at an auction run by his agent Max Edwards, of Aevitas Creative Management UK.
Sir Graham said: “On New Year’s Eve 2022, at the close of the most turbulent year in recent political history, as I was bringing my family to watch the fireworks from the Commons Terrace, the security guard greeted me with the words: ‘Ah, the Kingmaker!’
“As my 27 years in the Commons draws to a close, Kingmaker will tell the story of those days from a unique perspective. The long years of opposition, working to climb the ‘greasy pole’ and then resigning from the front bench on a point of principle.
“All this led me in an unexpected direction – elected as the chairman of the Conservative 1922 committee through some of the most challenging times: in which I have advised, sometimes sparred with five prime ministers, overseen the departure of four and the election of another three. Kingmaker tells this remarkable story.”
Mr Edwards said: “Sir Graham has been at the beating heart of the Conservative Party throughout the last 14 years.
“Kingmaker will lift the curtain on the tumultuous last decade and a half of British politics in a way that will appeal to readers on both sides of the aisle – giving a gripping first draft of history from one of the only people who was, consistently, in the room where it happened.”