Boris urges focus on Ukraine as Tory rebels call for cabinet coup

boris johnson As of today Ukraine is urging to focus on Tory The rebels urged the cabinet to stage a coup in the wake of the by-election disasters.

PM is busy burning the credibility of his politicians G7 Summit in Bavaria, where leaders are discussing ways to help thwart Vladimir Putin,

Asked if he was concerned about the Westminster plot while out of Britain, he told reporters at the G7 summit in Germany: ‘No. We sorted it out a few weeks back.

But the Conservative mood at home is still bleak after party meltdowns at Tiverton and Wakefield – and the premiere’s suggestions over the weekend that he wants to stay at No. 10 for another decade have done little to help.

Panic has been heightened by persistent rumors that six MPs are considering going into Labour.

Environment Secretary George Eustice insisted in a round of interviews this morning that the cabinet is united behind Mr Johnson, despite a dramatic resignation by Tory chairman Oliver Dowden on Friday.

But William Rag, Tory chairman of the Commons Public Administration Committee, told BBC Radio 4’s Westminster Hour that his seat – and colleagues with a ‘majority much larger than me’ – are in danger while Mr Johnson remains PM.

Boris Johnson (pictured with Olaf Scholz) is busy burning his politician credentials at the G7 summit in Bavaria, where leaders are discussing ways to help thwart Vladimir Putin.

Damien Green, a former minister who chaired the One Nation caucus of Tory lawmakers, said the government needed to change its 'style and content'.

Damien Green, a former minister who chaired the One Nation caucus of Tory lawmakers, said the government needed to change its ‘style and content’.

Damien Green, a former minister who chaired the One Nation caucus of Tory lawmakers, said the government needed to change its ‘style and content’.

“The way to look at this would be for one or more members of the cabinet to decide to say, ‘Look, we can’t, we can’t go on like this,'” he told Channel 4. news.

However, when asked whether Mr Johnson would still be in charge for the Tory conference in October, he said: ‘Maybe – we live in a fast-moving and very changing world, but I think maybe.’

The Premier seems to have given up on the idea of ​​reshuffling too soon, in a sign of his staggering authority.

Instead the government is pushing policies as it tries to get back on the front foot.

The Northern Ireland Bill is set to be read for a second time in the Commons tonight.

An announcement to raise steel tariffs on foreign imports is also expected in the coming days, which ministers hope will please Red Wall voters.

Mr Johnson got up early this morning to take a swim in Lake Ferchensee, near the Schloss Elmau hotel, where the G7 leaders are meeting, and will use today’s sessions to press for more support for Kyiv.

Mr Johnson later told reporters: ‘What I’m focused on, and what we’re doing, is getting along with number one, all the things we do to help people with the cost of living in the short term. are for. We have the financial firepower, £1,200 for the eight million most vulnerable families, £400 to help everyone, £300 for pensioners, council tax cuts – all the things we do to help people through current inflation. For are in cash terms. especially the increase in energy costs.

‘But moving forward with our planning agenda for a stronger economy, improving our supply side in energy, transportation, housing, everything that matters to people.

‘And then the agenda of the general government, leveling the country and taking our program forward.’

Mr Johnson has insisted the ‘golden rule’ is to ‘focus on what we are doing’ after revealing that he has ambitions to remain in office into the 2030s.

He admitted yesterday that he does not have ‘time’ to reflect on his biggest regret so far for his prime ministership, claiming the government’s achievements have been ‘remarkable’.

But while he may feel at home among leaders abroad, his premiere in Britain is far from watertight.

The leader of the Conservative Party is facing pressure from political divisions after a double by-election defeat at Wakefield, and moved by the shock resignations of Tiverton and Honiton, a cabinet minister.

Oliver Dowden stood down as Tory co-chair in the wake of the defeat on Friday morning, saying he and Conservative supporters were ‘distressed and dismayed by recent events’, and telling Mr Johnson that ‘someone should be held responsible’. should be taken.

There have also been indications that a new wave of no-confidence letters are brewing after critics vehemently rejected his suggestion to complete three terms.

It comes amid suggestions of a move to change the rules of the 1922 Committee of Conservative MPs to allow another confidence vote in Mr Johnson within the next year.

The PM said during a visit to Rwanda over the weekend that he was ‘actively thinking’ about contesting the next two general elections to become the longest-serving leader after the war.

Asked at the G7 summit in Germany on Sunday whether his ambitions were delusional, Mr Johnson said: ‘What I am saying is a government that is working for the people of this country and we need a big amount has been received. to do.’

He said the ‘golden rule’ is to ‘focus on what we are doing’ – to address the cost of living, a ‘massive’ plan for a stronger economy, and ‘ensuring that the UK as such Continue to offer leadership. The world I know is what our people want’.

Nerves are further stirred by persistent rumors that six MPs Keir Starmer (inset left) are considering blaming Labor

Nerves are further stirred by persistent rumors that six MPs Keir Starmer (inset left) are considering blaming Labor