have to make this call now if you are a conservative mp, unless you are a conservative mp, unless you are deeply morally offended by this. if you are deeply morally offended by this then clearly you know what to do. the other point, tory leadership elections, you only get one shot every 12 months. until you trigger an election, if he wins he cannot be challenged again. then we are moving into general election territory. the other point is, when you take your shot at the prime minister, you don t want to miss. they are going to want to make sure that they have the numbers. that is why this was like a more borne out process. there is no question, i think, that conservative mps are beginning to think that he is a drag on the party and is going to pull them back rather than push them forward. with me to discuss the latest revelations and the feeling among tories about what s been going is jason behanna, former deputy chair of the beaconsfield conservative association and also, i m join
whatever is hyped up in the media is going to come through when you look on their door and when you deal with it pragmatically and say to people, look, we do understand how you have been treated, we do understand how you feel you have been treated. i have many friends and colleagues in the nhs and some of them have been absolutely livid at what has been going on. i must say, myself, i m a bit disappointed at this constant drip, drip, drip. it is like a bit of torture, constantly dripping. another party, another gathering. jason, i m sorry to interrupt. we are running out of time. it hasn t shaken your confidence and boris johnson? ., , , johnson? no, i ve believed in boris since 2007- johnson? no, i ve believed in boris since 2007- i johnson? no, i ve believed in boris since 2007. | think johnson? no, i ve believed in boris since 2007. i think he johnson? no, i ve believed in boris since 2007. i think he is johnson? no, i ve believed in boris since 2007. i think he is a - jo
point, it is perfectly reasonable to perhaps say. i suppose the counterargument that might be, if you make the rules and you break them, but i take the point you are making. anna, what aboutjason s point, that actually we making. anna, what about jason s point, that actually we want to feel a little bit of sympathy for boris johnson. not all of these events even involved him. johnson. not all of these events even involved him. yeah, but it is under his government. even involved him. yeah, but it is under his government. and - even involved him. yeah, but it is under his government. and to - even involved him. yeah, but it is under his government. and to be| under his government. and to be fair, under his government. and to be fair, we under his government. and to be fair, we have all struggled through the lockdown restrictions. all of us, i the lockdown restrictions. all of us, ithink the lockdown restrictions. all of us, i think we all do recognise the weight us, i think we
need a good team around him. anna, your view? i need a good team around him. anna, your view? i think need a good team around him. anna, your view? i think a need a good team around him. anna, your view? i think a lot need a good team around him. anna, your view? i think a lot of need a good team around him. anna, your view? i think a lot of people - your view? i think a lot of people have your view? i think a lot of people have lost a your view? i think a lot of people have lost a lot of respect for him, and i have lost a lot of respect for him, and i won t have lost a lot of respect for him, and i won t be surprised. know, i don t and i won t be surprised. know, i don t respect and i won t be surprised. know, i don t respect him as a prime minister don t respect him as a prime minister. . ~ don t respect him as a prime minister- don t respect him as a prime minister. ., ,, , ., ., ., ., don t respect him as a prime minister. ., ., ., ., minister. thank you agai
conservatives network. thank you both forjoining us. not least forgiving of some of your time on a friday evening. anna, can i ask you first of all what you have made now we come to the end of the week of the various revelations. what in practice that had on you? i of the various revelations. what in practice that had on you?- practice that had on you? i think it has been really practice that had on you? i think it has been really shocking, - practice that had on you? i think it| has been really shocking, actually. almost has been really shocking, actually. almost every day we have seen new revelations almost every day we have seen new revelations come out in terms of partygate revelations come out in terms of partygate and the breaking of lockdown restrictions by the government, which i think is actually government, which i think is actually really shocking. as a conservative myself, it is actually really conservative myself, it is actually really hard conservative myself,