Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at London’s Gatwick Airport, after returning from the Caribbean on October 22, 2022. Johnson is trying to garner enough support to launch an effort to replace Liz Truss, who has since retired. prime ministership.
Gareth Fuller | PA images | beautiful pictures
Boris Johnson struggled to gain enough support to become Britain’s next prime minister on Sunday after prominent figures in the right wing of the Conservative Party rallied around the man once accused of treason. Mr. Rishi Sunak.
Johnson’s former top figures backed former finance minister Sunak ahead of the first vote of Conservative lawmakers on Monday.
Minister Steve Baker on Sunday said he would vote for Sunak because the country cannot afford to return to the soap opera it built earlier this year before Johnson was forced out of office because of a series of scandals. confused.
Johnson is currently being investigated by the Parliamentary Privileges Committee to determine whether he lied to the House of Commons about parties held at Downing Street during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ministers found to have intentionally misled parliament are expected to resign.
“This is not the time for Boris’s style,” Baker told Sky News. “I’m afraid the trouble is that because of the privileged vote, Boris will be a guaranteed disaster.”
Sunak, Johnson and Penny Mordaunt are trying to get the backing of 100 lawmakers so they can take part in Monday’s vote to become the next prime minister and replace Liz Truss, who was forced out. gone after just six weeks in office.
Johnson was forced out of office in July when Sunak quit, sparking a broader rebellion that prompted the mass resignation of Johnson’s ministers.
Baker said the country now needs a period of stabilization after Truss caused turmoil in financial markets, and that means not voting for Johnson again.
“What we can’t do is let him be prime minister in cases where he absolutely has to attack, bring down the entire government with him,” he said.
Mordaunt supporter Damian Green has denied reports that she is struggling to hit the threshold, told Sky News she will not be backing out.
