London: Boris Johnson was fighting to garner enough support to become Britain’s next prime minister on Sunday when prominent figures in the Conservative Party’s right wing gathered around the man he once accused of betraying him. Gone, Rishi Sunak. Key figures supporting Johnson came out in support of former finance minister Sunak ahead of Conservative lawmakers’ first vote on Monday. Junior Minister Steve Baker said on Sunday he would vote for Sunak because the country could not afford to return to the soap-opera he made earlier this year after Johnson was ousted from office over a string of scandals .
Johnson is currently under investigation by Parliament’s Committee of Privileges into whether he lied to the House of Commons over parties held in Downing Street during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ministers who have deliberately misled Parliament are expected to resign.
“It’s not Boris’s style time,” Baker told Sky News. “I fear there is trouble because of the privilege vote, Boris will be a guaranteed disaster.”
Sunak, Johnson and Penny Mordant are trying to get the support of 100 lawmakers to enter a ballot Monday to become the next prime minister and replace Liz Truss, who was thrown out after just six weeks in office. went.
Johnson was forced out of office in July when Sunak stepped down, triggering a widespread rebellion that prompted Johnson’s ministers to resign en masse.
Baker said the country now needs a period of stability following the turmoil in the finance markets by the truce, and does not mean voting for Johnson again.
“What we cannot do is, as prime minister in situations where he is bound to be trapped, taking the entire government with him,” he said.
Mordant-supporter Damien Green told Sky News she was struggling to meet the threshold, dismissing reports that she would not drop out.