Commons erupts as Liz Truss is 'detained on urgent business'
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A peition calling on Boris Johnson to be brought back as Prime Minister has been signed by more than 10,000 Conservative Party members and supporters in just two days. The petition organised by the Conservative Post follows one during the summer backed by more tthan 15,000 members to allow them to have a vote on keeping Mr Johnson in Downing Street.
With Liz Truss’ Premiership holding on by a thread, speculation is mounting that she could quit as early as today – a mere 41 days after taking office.
Meanwhile, Mr Johnson is on a speaking tour of the USA with supporters saying he should never have been removed as Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader.
Members of the party have vented their fury at MPs and the leadership as Ms Truss’ government has spiralled out of control.
In a particularly humiliating development her tax and domestic policy agenda was ripped up in an address to the nation by Jeremy Hunt, the man she brought in to save her government.
Mr Hunt cancelled almost all the tax cuts in the mini Budget which got her elected in a brutal leadership contest over the summer.
Now MPs are claiming that the new Chancellor who was only appointed on Friday is the “de facto Prime Minister.”
Party members have responded to the Conservative Post petition with demands that Mr Johnson is begged to come back.
One said: “Please bring Boris back ASAP! His voters never wanted him out. The party needs to rectify this mistake and NOW!”
Another added: “We are fighting for our democracy.”
A third pleaded: “Just get Boris back. He is the only person who will get a win at a general election. Or you are heading for opposition and years in the wilderness.”
Another said: “I cannot join the party whilst they act the way they do. Totally undemocratic. I have been a Tory voter all my life but I am very close to not voting for them ever again unless they reinstate Boris Johnson.”
A party member added: “I have never voted anything but Conservative, but those wielding what I can only call “corrupt” power in the party make me feel that a strong alternative 3rd party is required to replace the Tories. The only thing that would change my mind is putting Boris back in No. 10 as PM, the best we have seen since Maggie. He won the election not the Party and many only have seats because of his presence and performance in the last election. Put him back where belongs and clear the traitors out of the Party.”
One Red Wall voter posted: “I only voted Conservative because I believed in a Boris Johnson’s vision and passion for leading our country. He delivered Brexit, got us through a pandemic and lead the western world in fighting for the Ukraine. He is one of the greatest Prime Ministers we have ever had and watching the way he was used and then stabbed in the back by Rishi Sunak and the lemmings that then followed each sticking in a knife into his back has shown what a bunch of incompetent, greedy vipers who are not capable of running our country. It’s simple either reinstate the PM we all voted for or I and the rest of the country will never vote Conservative again.”
Earlier today, Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt was asked to answer an urgent question in the Commons for the Prime Minister who was accused of hiding.
The debacle has not been taken well by Tory members and supporters.
One posted: “I could never see why he was made to leave in the first place. With all he had to deal with I thought he did amazingly well.”
Anoter said: “We the voters are disgusted at the way we are been treated , if you don’t sort yourselves out you will have no chance at the next general election. As the voters elected Boris then only the voters should be able to vote him out. Bring him back. But sort the media out as why should he subject himself to that level of abuse, mp’s should either back the PM or resign their seats.We the public are sick to death of the in house squabbling and we ate becoming a laughing stock of the world.”
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Former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, who backed Ms Truss in the leadership contest, demanded today that Mr Johnson was brought back.
She warned only he “has a mandate” to be Prime Minister in a Tweet.
Meanwhile, other Tory MPs are debating whether to install Mr Hunt, Rishi Sunak or Defence Secretary Ben Wallace as the new Prime Minister.
But Tory members and supporters are letting it be known that they want Mr Johnson restored to office.
One member posted: “Please bring back Boris, you must tell him we want him back. We the people voted for him and our vote was taken away. The media want to run the country, don’t let it happen be strong and bring him back .Always voted conservative but will never vote again . I speak to many people, business people and a wide rage and we all say the same. The disgusting media got what they wanted. Don’t let them run the country.
“Bring back Boris, it’s what we voted for. He is the only one who can run the country and make our country great. Please get all these messages to him. He will win and not be beaten. He is the best. Thank you.”
Another member said: “I have always been a Conservative party supporter and voter. I have been horrified by what has been happening in the party over the last year which resulted in the loss of the best leader who had achieved so much. I’m sorry to say that Liz Truss has proven to be completely incompetent. I believe the only way to get us through the current difficulties is to bring back Boris Johnson as PM, he is the one we voted for and he has both the ability and charisma to lead the party back to what it should be. “
One Tory voter added: “Totally disgusted at the way firstly Boris was treated and now Lis Truss by so called Conservative MPs, I left the party when Boris was removed, they are handing the keys to no10 to Labour, I have voted Tory all my life and I am 77, but things need to drastically change for me to continue.”
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