Posted on 11/30/2023 8:31:00 AM PST by RandFan
Stanley Johnson has urged Rishi Sunak to let Nigel Farage join the Conservative “troops” to transform the party’s general election chances.
Boris Johnson’s father claimed the Tories should “open their arms” to the former Brexit party leader in a desperate bid to transform dire polling fortunes.
The Tory environmentalist said Mr Farage – currently causing rows on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here! – could save the party in so-called red wall seats in the north of England.
“The Conservatives have to open their arms to Nigel. I think we cannot afford to have a man of that talent, not in our camp at the next election,” Mr Johnson Snr. told GB News.
He added: “I think we definitely need him as part of the troops. I think that he is going to help us save quite a lot of what we might call the red wall.”
Former chancellor George Osborne has said it is “not inconceivable” that the former Ukip boss could be a future Tory leader because of the party’s shift to the right and overtures from the party’s grassroots.
Mr Farage was feted by Tory members and seen dancing with former home secretary Priti Patel at the recent party conference. Mr Sunak even left the door open to his membership.
The hard-right politician has also flirted with the idea of joining the Tories in recent weeks as he seeks to raise his profile again – saying “never say never”, and telling his fellow I’m a Celeb contestants that it “depends how much mess the country gets in”.
But it is assumed any move into the Tory fold would happen after a likely Labour victory at the general election due in 2024.
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Stanley Johnson should have used a condom.
Maybe it was the wife?
Isn’t Boris WEF?
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