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Theresa May hated the Conservative Party’s “strong and stable” campaign slogan and complained to advisers about using it in interviews, reports claim.

The slogan was repeated by senior Tories during the early days of the General Election campaign, with the Prime Minister frequently using the phrase to describe her leadership.

But political rivals and commentators, including Jeremy Corbyn, mocked the slogan and hailed to the crumbling Tory campaign "weak and wobbly”.

Mrs May has been widely criticised for her role in the party's failure to up its majority in the Commons in last week’s election, and now faces a revolt among furious backbench MPs.

According to the Times, the use of “strong and stable” was one of a number of points of tension between Mrs May’s circle and her campaign advisers.

Key aides and chiefs of staff Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill both resigned at the weekend, blaming themselves for the party’s disastrous campaign.

Mr Timothy took responsibility for the widely-criticised U-turn on the so-called “dementia tax”, acknowledging numerous “oversights” in the manifesto.

A snap survey of 1,500 party members by the website Conservative Home found that 60 per cent wanted Mrs May to step down as leader.

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Editor Paul Goodman told the Times: “Obviously, party members and our readers are angry in the election’s aftermath, and it may be that if the question is asked again in a week’s time, it gets a different answer.

“Nonetheless, that two in three of her own members, according to this survey, believe that a Conservative leader should resign is astonishing. It is the most damning finding in one of our polls that I can remember.”

Numerous members and supporters have blasted the Prime Minister’s campaigning in key marginal seats.

During the campaign one aide allegedly told Mrs May she risked becoming like Sarah Palin, the 2008 running-mate for the Republican US presidential candidate John McCain.

The American politician also had high approval ratings before they plummeted as voters took to the polls.

The Prime Minister is to appear before the backbench 1922 Committee later today where she will be faced with the task of staving off a Tory civil war.

Ahead of the meeting, it has been reported that Mrs May is poised to scrap a series of key pledges in the Conservative manifesto in order to gain the support of the Cabinet and because of her reliance on the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) for support in forming a minority government.