Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has stated he’s backing Boris Johnson to return as prime minister regardless of having beforehand known as for him to resign in the summertime.
“I’m backing Boris. He got the big calls right, whether it was ordering more vaccines ahead of more waves of Covid, arming Ukraine early against the advice of some, or stepping down for the sake of unity,” Mr Zahawi tweeted. “But now, Britain needs him back. We need to unite to deliver on our manifesto.”
He added: “When I was chancellor, I saw a preview of what Boris 2.0 would look like. He was contrite & honest about his mistakes. He’d learned from those mistakes how he could run No10 & the country better. With a unified team behind him, he is the one to lead us to victory & prosperity.”
But lower than two days after Mr Johnson made Mr Zahawi his chancellor, he known as on the prime minister to resign, telling him: “Prime Minister: this is not sustainable and it will only get worse: for you, for the Conservative party and most importantly of all the country. You must do the right thing and go now.”
Mr Zahawi joins an inventory of MPs who seem to have modified their thoughts on Mr Johnson since his resignation.
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Priti Patel, the previous residence secretary, has stated she is going to again him, however in July Ms Patel instructed Mr Johnson he had misplaced the help of the Tory occasion and mustn’t go on.
Chris Heaton-Harris, the Northern Ireland secretary, who has tweeted his help for Mr Johnson, can be reported to have been current on the assembly.
Simon Clarke, the levelling up secretary, additionally declared he needs Mr Johnson to switch Ms Truss, regardless of beforehand saying his resignation as prime minister was the “right decision”.
Penny Mordaunt, the chief of the Commons, formally introduced her bid on Friday afternoon.
Amanda Milling, MP for Cannock Chase, additionally tweeted her help for Mr Johnson, saying he has a “proven track record of delivery for the British people”. But when he resigned Ms Milling stated it was the suitable transfer “as the damage to our party and country was getting too much”.
Similarly, Shaun Bailey, MP for West Bromwich West, tweeted it was “time to #BringBackBoris”, however had stated he might now not help him when he was prime minister and known as for “fresh leadership”.
Anthony Higginbotham has additionally come out for Mr Johnson, however had beforehand urged him to resign, saying: “Loyalty matters. But as the Member of Parliament for Burnley my first loyalty is, and always will be, to the public. It’s for that reason that I can no longer in good conscience continue supporting the current leader of my party.”
John Whittingdale, MP for Maldon, who has indicated he would again Mr Johnson, beforehand stated there was “absolutely no alternative” to him resigning as prime minister and stated it was clear he “simply couldn’t continue”.
Jonathan Gullis, who resigned his position as parliamentary personal secretary to the Northern Ireland secretary, has additionally indicated he’ll help Mr Johnson. The MP for Stoke-on-Trent North reportedly stated he had plenty of folks from throughout his constituency telling him to “bring back Boris”.
Karl McCartney, the MP for Lincoln, backed Mr Johnson’s return however earlier than his resignation stated: “It has become clear to the prime minister, Boris Johnson MP, that he no longer has the confidence of a growing number of his colleagues in the Conservative Parliamentary Party.
“Therefore, the time has come for the prime minister to take the choice to resign and permit the Conservative Party the chance to pick and elect a brand new chief.”
Lee Anderson has also performed somewhat of an about-turn by saying he would back Mr Johnson in the leadership race. The MP for Ashfield previously withdrew his support for the prime minister and said “integrity ought to all the time come first and sadly this has not been the case over the previous few days”.
Dr Caroline Johnson, MP for Sleaford, previously resigned as Tory party vice chair, saying Mr Johnson’s “errors of judgement and home actions” had “squandered the goodwill of the occasion”. At the time she said he would “solely injury our occasion and due to this fact our nation” if he stayed on as prime minister, but she has since said she is backing Mr Johnson’s return.
Though he is yet to formally declare he will run, Mr Johnson has the public support of several cabinet ministers and about 60 MPs.
Mr Johnson returned to the UK on Saturday morning from the Dominican Republic, where he was said to be “taking soundings” a few potential return to No 10 after Ms Truss’s dramatic resignation on Thursday.
He is prone to be opposed by his former chancellor Rishi Sunak, whose resignation was key in forcing Mr Johnson’s departure from Downing Street in the summertime.
On Monday Tory MPs will vote on which two candidates needs to be put ahead to the occasion membership. Candidates have till 2pm to safe 100 nominations.
The membership will then vote on who ought to change into chief of the occasion and the prime minister, with the outcome introduced on Friday.
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