Boris Johnson damns both Sunak and Mourdaunt for not stepping aside.
“In the last few days I have been overwhelmed by the number of people who suggested that I should once again contest the Conservative Party leadership, both among the public and among friends and colleagues in Parliament.
“I have been attracted because I led our party into a massive election victory less than three years ago – and I believe I am therefore uniquely placed to avert a general election now.
“A general election would be a further disastrous distraction just when the Government must focus on the economic pressures faced by families across the country.
“I believe I am well placed to deliver a Conservative victory in 2024 – and tonight I can confirm that I have cleared the very high hurdle of 102 nominations, including a proposer and a seconder, and I could put my nomination in tomorrow.
“There is a very good chance that I would be successful in the election with Conservative Party members – and that I could indeed be back in Downing Street on Friday.
“But in the course of the last days I have sadly come to the conclusion that this would simply not be the right thing to do. You can’t govern effectively unless you have a united party in parliament.
“And though I have reached out to both Rishi (Sunak) and Penny (Mordaunt) – because I hoped that we could come together in the national interest – we have sadly not been able to work out a way of doing this.
“Therefore I am afraid the best thing is that I do not allow my nomination to go forward and commit my support to whoever succeeds. “I believe I have much to offer but I am afraid that this is simply not the right time.”
Which MP’s are now p***** off:
The following list of names has been taken from the Conservative Home website, and includes when they declared and who they supported in the leadership race earlier this summer.
Paul Bristow (20/10) (backed Shapps, then Truss)
James Duddridge (20/10) (backed Truss)
Nadine Dorries (20/10) (backed Truss)
Brendan Clarke-Smith (20/10) (backed Patel, then Truss)
Michael Fabricant (20/10) (backed Truss)
Stephen McPartland (20/10) (backed Truss)
Marco Longhi (20/10) (backed Badenoch, then Truss)
Andrea Jenkyns (20/10) (backed Patel, then Truss)
Andrew Stephenson (20/10)
Lia Nici (20/10) (backed Truss)
Christopher Chope (20/10) (backed Patel, then Truss)
Shaun Bailey (20/10) (backed Truss)
David Morris (20/10) (backed Hunt)
Karl McCartney (20/10)
Amanda Milling (20/10) (backed Truss)
Peter Bone (20/10) (backed Truss)
Chris Clarkson (20/10) (backed Sunak)
Jane Hunt (20/10)
Tom Pursglove (20/10) (backed Patel, then Truss)
James Grundy (21/10)
Holly Mumby-Croft (21/10)
Trudy Harrison (21/10)
Scott Benton (21/10)
Mark Eastwood (21/10)
Jill Mortimer (21/10)
Kelly Tolhurst (21/10)
Richard Drax (21/10)
Phillip Hollobone (21/10)
Shailesh Vara (21/10)
Maria Caulfield (21/10)
Sir Edward Leigh (21/10)
Nigel Adams (21/10)
Jacob Rees-Mogg (21/10)
Ian Levy (21/10)
Henry Smith (21/10)
Tom Pursglove (21/10)
Mark Pritchard (21/10)
Jane Stevenson (21/10)
Gareth Johnson (21/10)
Ben Wallace (21/10) (backed Truss)
Leo Docherty (21/10) (backed Badenoch, then Truss)
Caroline Johnson (21/10) (backed Badenoch, then Truss)
Simon Clarke (21/10) (backed Truss)
Uniting the Tory party is like following a point made by Nadine Dorries. Totally illogical.
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