Bring Back Boris? Some in U.K. Push for Johnson’s Return After Truss Resigns Boris Johnson was reported to be flying back to the U.K. amid a push by supporters on Thursday night for his return to No. 10 Downing Street, after Prime Minister Liz Truss announced an end to the shortest premiership in British history.
Lawmakers in the deeply-divided Conservative Party will select its new leader in an abbreviated process that should see Britain’s new prime minister named within a week.
Truss’ leadership imploded amid plummeting poll ratings after she was forced to back down on economic policies, including widely-criticized unfunded tax cuts.
The opposition Labour Party is demanding fresh elections.
“I hope you enjoyed your holiday boss. Time to come back,” tweeted Conservative lawmaker James Duddridge in a message directed to Johnson, who was vacationing in the Caribbean. The hashtag #BringBackBoris is trending on Twitter.
Citing Johnson allies in the party, the Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday night that the former prime minister was privately urging Conservative lawmakers to back him, “with a pledge that only he can win the Tories the next election,” the Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday night, citing Johnson allies in the party.
Some political analysts predict that a British ruling party forced to make such dramatic reversals on its economic program will almost certainly lose the next general election. If that bears out, it would mean that whoever succeeds Truss will have a little over two years in office at the most – if he or she survives that long.................
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