Johnson’s lurch to the right adds to momentum for leadership vote.
Several Tory MPs believe the 54-letter threshold has been reached and that a challenge to PM could be mounted as soon as next week.
Mon 30 May 2022
Boris Johnson’s lurch to the right after Partygate is fuelling even more anger among rebel Tory MPs, with momentum now building for a leadership challenge next week.
Conservative whips spent the first day of recess anxiously phoning round the parliamentary party to shore up support for the prime minister, as four more MPs called on him to resign, including Jeremy Wright, the former attorney general. Guardian.
Blogger: how can the Guardian believe that Boris has had a 'rightward lurch?' - This is arguably the most left-leaning Tory administration in political history! Worse than Cameron, worse than May, worse than Major and arguably worse than Heath!
