Heather Wheeler, Conservative MP for South Derbyshire and a former junior minister, was asked about the mood among Tory MPs.
She told Sky News: “Well, it’s interesting.
“I must be on different WhatsApp groups to everybody else because I haven’t had a single Tory tell me that things are all doom and gloom.
“I think I remember after the fiscal statement, was it five newspapers that said this is the best statement the Conservative government has ever made?”
She added: “And I know a week’s a long time in politics, but should we just calm down a bit?
“Should we just see the growth plan? Should we just make sure this is going to happen and get behind the leader, who was undeniably elected in the summer?”
Regarding polls, she said: “What is the real poll? The real polls are elections, and what happened on Thursday? Two massive wins for the Conservatives up in Jake Berry’s constituency (Rossendale and Darwen).
“So people actually voted Conservative with all this noise going on, and that’s what I hold onto.
“The important thing here is we’ve got a growth plan. It’s going to take time.
“We’re going to have more meat on the bones on the 23rd of November.”