“We now have a Chief Whip who has no authority at all” says Tory MP

A Tory MP tells the Evening Standard:

“He should have been fired straight away and Lord alone knows why the PM let him stay on. It was not only a political disaster for us but we now have a Chief Whip who has no authority at all. How can he give a dressing down to an MP who has broken ranks? The MP would just say, ‘Ok, but look what you did’.”