Today, the former chief of staff for Boris Johnson said that the PM would make a surprise return by urging people to “never write him off.”
The old saying by Mr. Johnson about being prepared to take command if the “ball comes free at the rear of the scrum” was cited by Lord Udny-Lister.
The dependable aide said that after the PM was deposed, MPs “overreacted” and paid too much heed to Twitter.
On Tuesday, Mr. Johnson is scheduled to depart Downing Street, and Liz Truss, who is most likely to succeed him, will take over.
Working with him both at No. 10 and while he was Mayor of London, Lord Udny-Lister told Sky News that he would “never say no on anything with Boris Johnson.”
Everything is conceivable in the future, but as of right now, we have a new leader, and as he said yesterday, the party and the MPs must unite behind the new leader.
He will be observing everything that occurs, and anything may happen if, as you stated, the ball breaks free during the scrum. I won’t make any predictions; all I’m saying is that I’d never write him off.
By driving Mr. Johnson out of office, the Conservative MPs, according to Lord Udny-Lister, had done the “wrong thing.”
“I don’t believe that was a wise idea,” he added, “I think they overreacted and I think they got too much into their Twitter accounts and stopped thinking straight.”
“I believe he was the finest prime minister we have ever had; I believe he would have continued to be a wonderful prime minister and I believe he would have been highly successful in a subsequent general election.”
Additionally, Lord Udny-Lister contended that Mr. Johnson shouldn’t have received a punishment for Partygate.
Actually, I’ve always felt it was really unjust since he didn’t intend to have a surprise birthday cake.
“Most of the occurrences or parties were not parties as you or I would understand them; they were individuals, some of the younger workers, enjoying a drink at the end of a Friday after they had gone all week,” the author claims.
The PM was very saddened by the way he was leaving office, Lord Udny-Lister said in a separate interview with Times Radio.
According to the advisor, Mr. Johnson was “extremely surprised” by what had happened and how quickly it had happened.
The Conservative peer said, “He’s not a Donald Trump, and yes, of course he’s furious about it, but he also realises that he has to go on,” when asked whether Mr. Johnson was angry about being ousted from office like former US President Donald Trump who refused to accept the election.
The next prime minister should appoint an ethics advisor, according to Lord Udny-Lister, after claims of Tory sleaze allegedly played a role in Mr. Johnson’s collapse.
More than half of all 2019 Tory supporters believe that Mr. Johnson should be given a position in administration, according to a Survation survey conducted for The Mail on Sunday.
34% of those who supported the Prime Minister three years ago opposed giving him a position, while 53% supported it.
However, when asked whether Mr. Johnson would make a suitable candidate for prime minister in the future, 2019 voters were divided, with slightly more voting against him (49%) than in favour (42 per cent).
Compared to July, voters were more inclined to choose Mr. Johnson, and his net favorability has grown by 12 points. It falls short of other contenders for prime minister, however, with a score of -28 as opposed to -25 for Liz Truss and +2 for Sir Keir Starmer.