in september he s been on a number of engagement- in september he s been on a number of engagement. he s been on holiday this week, of engagement. he s been on holiday this week. mr of engagement. he s been on holiday this week, mr benson, of engagement. he s been on holiday this week, mr benson, while - of engagement. he s been on holiday this week, mr benson, while your - this week, mr benson, while your party was in disarray on wednesday night. party was in disarray on wednesday niuht. , ., party was in disarray on wednesday niuht. ,,4~ 4 night. i ve spoken to him in parliament night. i ve spoken to him in parliament several- night. i ve spoken to him in parliament several times i night. i ve spoken to him in parliament several times in night. i ve spoken to him in - parliament several times in the last few months. he parliament several times in the last few months- parliament several times in the last few months. he wasn t here while it was all falling few months. he w
of boris she became first minister, she said of borisjohnson, it she became first minister, she said of boris johnson, it would she became first minister, she said of borisjohnson, it would be ludicrous of borisjohnson, it would be ludicrous to think that he could come ludicrous to think that he could come back to number ten. yes, well, welsh tory mps have returned to| their constituencies to take the political temperature i and they will probably hear feel some and they will probably hear feel some heat and they will probably hear feel some heat- some heat. there is public anger when they some heat. there is public anger when they speak some heat. there is public anger when they speak to some heat. there is public anger when they speak to their - when they speak to their constituents when they speak to their constituents and - when they speak to their constituents and they. when they speak to theiri constituents and they will when they speak to their i const
to stand in the leadership race. liz truss resigned yesterday, though remains in downing street until a successor is appointed. speaking outside downing street, liz truss said she could not deliver the mandate on which she was elected. there will now be a fast tracked leadership election to decide who will be the new leader of the conservative party and ultimately prime minister. nobody has announced their intention to run yet but penny mordaunt and rishi sunak are seen as contenders, and backers of borisjohnson are urging him to stand. let s take a look at how the contest will work. conservative mps have until monday to nominate their preferred candidate. each candidate needs at least 100 nominations if only one candidate achieves that, they ll be declared prime minister on monday afternoon. if more than one candidate gets at least 100 nominations, then there ll be a vote by conservative mps. depending on the result of that, the final decision could be made by tory party members v
a lot of arm twisting this weekend going to be going on. going to be going on. and a lot of rivate going to be going on. and a lot of private conversations going to be going on. and a lot of private conversations and - going to be going on. and a lot of private conversations and private | private conversations and private soundings, a lot of private lobbying and yes, notjust this weekend, already now, you see it in all of the talk of mps coming out and you heard ben wallace saying that he is leaning towards borisjohnson. they are old political allies and go back are old political allies and go back a long way. ben wallace was an old political friend of borisjohnson even before the brexit referendum and ran his original leadership bid in 2016, the failed one, and was rewarded with being defence secretary in mrjohnson s government and it is known that he was not entirely happy about mrjohnson being removed or resigning earlier this year, so he is leaning towards mrjohnson and clearly
borisjohnson. why your preferred candidate would be boris johnson. why would you your preferred candidate would be borisjohnson. why would you want your preferred candidate would be boris johnson. why would you want to revisit him borisjohnson. why would you want to revisit him on your boris johnson. why would you want to revisit him on your party borisjohnson. why would you want to revisit him on your party on the country for that matter, given he was only ousted a short while ago? i go knocking on doors in my constituency every week for the last few weeks dozens and dozens of people, every day have said bring back borisjohnson. i ve asked my constituents for feedback in the last 2a hours and conducted a poll on my website and 500 people took part in 80% want borisjohnson to be boris prime minister again. he had feud support in my constituency on the grass roots of the conservative party and amongst parliamentary colleagues. he has a proven track record of delivering on the big iss