Lord Cruddas, the president of the CDO, also predicted a catastrophic result for the Tories at the next national vote. “It has been establishment figures like Rishi coming through and using the party for his own purposes.” Those of us who have been around the party for decades are seething at how the greatest, most successful party in the Western world has been reduced to this. We will not be able to motivate the base. “I think we won’t be able to win by-elections. “I don’t see how everybody is going to work together and keep the show on the road now,” said the senior figure. Their fears were echoed by a senior Conservative, who described the situation as “totally unsustainable”. “You can put money on an election in May next year, but discipline will barely last that long.”Īnother concerned backbencher predicted that the party had “lost thousands and thousands of votes from the Midlands upwards” with Mr Johnson’s departure. “There is Blue Wall relief and Red Wall horror,” said the MP.
One Tory from the 2019 intake agreed that it is “very dangerous now for Rishi”, as a lot of Red Wall MPs have “realised it’s over for them” at the next general election. He said Mr Johnson has the potential to topple Mr Sunak, who he described as a “dead man walking”, by spearheading a new “true Conservative” entity. He suggested that the fallout could “transform politics”. There has been speculation that Conservative Campaign Headquarters could step in to thwart a possible bid from the former premier to stand in a safer seat such as Henley or Mid Bedfordshire.Ĭoincidentally, the deadline for would-be Tory candidates to apply to contest those constituencies is Monday afternoon.īut Mr Johnson’s allies in the House of Commons have warned that any attempt to block him from running again would cause members to go “ballistic” and “sow the seeds of division for generations”.ĭavid Campbell Bannerman, chairman of the Conservative Democratic Organisation (CDO), a pro-Johnson grassroots movement, said the former prime minister was “free and dangerous” after being driven out by a “coordinated coup”. It comes as Mr Sunak, the Prime Minister, is struggling to unite his splintering party, with three by-elections on the horizon and rising panic among Red Wall MPs who owe their seats to Mr Johnson’s landslide victory in 2019. Boris Johnson supporters have declared he is now “free and dangerous”, as they warned Rishi Sunak not to block his potential run for a safer seat.įriends of the former prime minister said his team is focused on when, not if, he will make a comeback following his shock resignation over the partygate inquiry.
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