The former Prime Minister, still threatened by the “Partygate” scandal, could count on his popularity in the base of the Conservative Party. But he could not overcome the distrust, even hostility, of an important fringe of the deputies Tories.
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Boris Johnson missed his “comeback”. Chased this summer of Downing Street by the scandals, the former conservative minister believed that he could return there by the big door at the end of October, replacing Liz Truss, resigning after only 44 days in a catastrophic mandate . But the “circus” Johnsonien only lasted for a weekend, his descent from the plane to Gatwick, Saturday October 22 (back in a hasty vacation to Dominique, in the Caribbean, with woman and children ), in the next evening Sunday, October 23, where after hours spent on the phone trying to convince the Tories deputies to support him, the troublemaker of British politics found that his popularity was no longer necessarily the one he believed.
“I think I am well placed to bring the conservatives to victory in 2024 [in the next general elections] and tonight, I can confirm that I obtained 102 supporters [of elected conservatives]”, said Sunday evening the ex-leader, who was not even officially a candidate-he had until Monday 24 October early afternoon to declare himself. But “in the past few days, I have come sadly at the conclusion that it would simply not be the right thing to do [seen] that it is impossible to govern effectively without the support of a party In Parliament, “added Mr. Johnson. The deputy of Uxbridge (west of London) he only says the truth: he really had the 100 signatures of elected officials required to enter the race for Downing Street?
His opponents and the media doubted it all weekend. Sunday evening, the BBC counted only 57 public supporters to Mr. Johnson. Its main competitor, Rishi Sunak, did not cease to garner rallies, a sign of an obvious dynamic. The ex-chancellor of the Echiquier of Mr. Johnson could boast of 147 public supports at the end of the weekend, already 40 % of the college of conservative deputies. If Penny Mordaunt, the third elected to claim the supreme post withdraws from the race -Sunday, only twenty -four deputies supported it -, Mr. Sunak, 42, could be appointed Prime Minister on Monday evening.
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The campaign “Bring Back Boris [bring us Boris]” was however rather well engaged with some support and encouragement of weight in recent days – including that of Ben Wallace, the very respected Minister of Defense, who declared Friday October 21 “Lean” for Mr. Johnson. The hard core of “pro-borde”-Nadine Dorries, her ex-minister of culture, Jacob Rees-Mogg, his ex-minister of Brexit-also hoped to capture the voices of the party right.
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