That may be true for some Tory MPs but others have, no doubt, been on the receiving end of a lot of negative constituency feedback at the weekend celebrations, especially those of the Red Wall …
Backing BJ may be the surest way for a Tory MP to lose their seat … .
Sadly, the ballot is secret so we’ll never know who stuck the knife in BJ’s back …
Citing a survey suggesting that 27 per cent of Tory voters think the Prime Minister should resign, the memo read: “The booing of Boris Johnson at the Jubilee Thanksgiving service tells us nothing that data does not. There is no social group that trusts him, with even 55 per cent of current Conservatives calling him untrustworthy, against only 25 per cent saying he is trustworthy.”
The so-called “greased pig” was slipping - even in the minds of patriots, it seemed.
The damning memo predicted: "If left in post, will lead the Party to a substantial defeat in 2024. He will lose Red Wall seats (with majorities under 10,000) to Labour, and Blue Wall seats (majorities up to 20,000) to the Liberal Democrats.
“At least 160 MPs are at risk (all majorities under 10k, and LD-facing majorities under 20k). Furthermore, tactical voting, so devastating in 1997, is returning and could turn a defeat into a landslide.”
“The entire purpose of the Government now appears to be the sustenance of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister,” it added, pointing out that “MPs are having to defend the indefensible, not for the sake of the party, but for one man”.
It also made the point that Mr Johnson “is the only Minister given negative ratings by activists in the ConHome ratings, meaning he is dragging everyone else down”.
The memo reached the stark conclusion: “The only way to end this misery, earn a hearing from the British public, and restore Conservative fortunes to a point where we can win the next General Election, is to remove Boris Johnson as Prime Minister.”
I hope the bunting stays up in the village , we may have the departure of the embarrassment that is our PM to celebrate later this week.
The liar in Number 10 is currently having a tantrum, stamping his feet and threatening to call a general election if MPs reject him tonight.
Bring it on, it couldn’t offer a worse choice than Corbyn or Johnson.
Boris Johnson Exit Date Odds: Prime Minister favourite to leave in 2022:
Bookmakers have unanimously cut odds on Boris Johnson leaving his post as Prime Minister this year after Sir Graham Brady announced that a vote of confidence in the PM will take place this evening.
Odds have been slashed from 5/2 into as short as 17/20 with some British bookmakers (best price 11/10) that Johnson leaves office in 2022.
The year 2022 is by far the betting favourite when looking at which year Johnson will leave, ahead of ‘2024 or later’ at 7/4.
BJ’s supporters will say a full blown leadership election, following his defeat tonight,would be “divisive, distracting and destructive”.
“There’s no plan, no strategy, no consensus on who to replace him with,” a senior member of his team argues.
Exactly, BJ’s appalling record as PM has upset so many people in so many ways that the reasons for wanting him out represent a litany of complaints against Mr Mendacious - incompetency, prevarication, obfuscation, procrastination, cronyism, corruption, criminality, etc, etc …
I’ve only just seen this news about the no confidence vote - about time too - though I’m not convinced there’ll be enough votes against him to get rid of him - he’s so slippery, he may well persuade enough Tory MPs to support him
BJ will probably win but he won’t last - if there are dozens of MPs against him AND he loses 2 MPs in forthcoming elections then he will, inevitably, be “history” sooner than he’d like … the knives will be out …