‘We cannot wait for successor to emerge,’ they claim, as Partygate revelations now ‘too damaging’
could have on their electoral chances, high-ranking MPs are urging wavering colleagues not to dither because of worries about the succession, or Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but rather to strike before it is too late.Observer: “Things have changed. There is now a feeling that we can’t defend what is going on and that we can’t delay any longer because of the succession or Ukraine. If we don’t act well before the party conference in October, it will be too late.
But he urged them to have confidence that an excellent successor would emerge during the process to elect a new leader, even if it was unclear now who that would be. Another former cabinet minister said doubts over the succession were now irrelevant, such was the urgency of the situation. “A broomstick would be better than what we have at the moment,” he said.apologise to the Commons
The problems that have recently engulfed Rishi Sunak are seen as having destroyed his chances of following Johnson into No 10.The problems that have recently engulfed the previous favourite to succeed Johnson, the chancellor, Rishi Sunak – over his wife’s tax affairs, and the fact that he, too, was fined for breaking lockdown rules – are seen as having destroyed his chances of following Johnson into No 10.
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