“You can’t govern effectively unless you have a united party in parliament…Therefore I am afraid the best thing is that I do not allow my nomination to go forward and commit my support to whoever succeeds.”
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Could he win? What if he was subject to “letters” during campaign? What if he lost his by-election? Then, the Party would be ready for its fifth leadership election in seven years. What do you think the Conservative poll rating will settle at?
Conservative Home first published the post How the next Prime minister could face a recall petition in a marginal seat.
Johnson has a fighting chance at getting 100 signatures, if Braverman and Badenoch don’t throw their hats into the ring, then Johnson can win the contest.
Where will Parliamentary Party’s vote be? was first published on Conservative Homepage.
He is unable to fulfill the essential, unavoidable function of any Conservative leader: to unite the party. The wounds are too fresh and too raw.
The post Andrew Gimson – I’m Johnson’s biographer. It might be possible that he is elected Prime Minister again. But not yet. appeared first at Conservative Home.
Two months ago, you were warned by me that Truss’s campaign promises could be ignored and that her premiership would bring higher taxes, increased borrowing, and spending cuts. I was completely vindicated.
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This is the second year-end update of our list of MPs who support which candidate for the next Conservative leader.
The post Next Tory Leader. Which MP is backing whom? Johnson is the leader, Sunak is second, and Mordaunt is a distant third. This article first appeared on Conservative Home
A candidate must have 100 supporters. As I write, Penny Mordaunt (Conservative MP) and Rishi Sunak (Conservative MP) are most likely to reach that number.
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“This morning, I met Sir Graham Brady, Chair of the 1922 Committee. We have agreed that there will be a leadership race within the next week.
The post “I came to office at a period of great economic instability and international instability.” The full text Truss’s resignation letter appeared first on Conservative.
During her brief tenure, the Prime Minister has displayed utter incompetence in both economic and political areas. It is not the party’s fault that she was allowed to remain in power.
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This is a continually updated list of Conservative MPs that called for the resignation of the Prime Minister.
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