Scheming Tory MPs are itching to replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister as the fall-out from the Owen Paterson vote scandal threatens to engulf his premiership'Tory plotters gather to throw Boris Johnson on bonfire in beginning of the end for PM'This looks like the beginning of the end for Boris Johnson’s premiership. Tory MPs are heartily sick of defending the indefensible time and again only for the PM to backtrack after yet another blunder. But forcing his MPs to vote for the madness of firing Commons sleazebuster Kathryn Stone really took the Rich Tea. Their tactician is dark arts master Gavin Williamson, the former Chief Whip sacked as Education Secretary by Boris in summer’s reshuffle. And their champion is former Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who still nurtures hopes of leading his party despite Boris defeating him in 2019.

Source: Daily Mirror November 07, 2021 02:34 UTC