'Anyone but Sunak': Boris Johnson's said to be urging defeated Tory leadership candidates to back any of the remaining contenders except his ex-chancellor
Boris Johnson is said to be staunchly against Rishi Sunak taking the keys to No10.Boris Johnson has urged Tory colleagues who have been defeated in the race for leader to back "anyone but Rishi".The Prime Minister has refused to intervene in the contest, quipping that he does not want to harm anyone's chances.
"They don't blame [Sajid Javid] for bringing him down. They blame Rishi. They think he was planning this for months." Boris Johnson was said to be privately telling defeated Tory leadership candidates he wanted "anyone but Rishi".The PM has been a staunch ally of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's and under his tenure Britain has supplied Kyiv with vital weaponry that blunted the Russian invasion.
"So alongside the sense of betrayal is a sense of regret about what could have already been well under way."But he's very clear his commitment is overwhelmingly to the British people and that electing a leader who will deliver for them is paramount, even if personally painful for him."
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