Put Some Red Meat On Plans And You'll Bounce Back, Boris

HAVING just survived his leadership challenge, Boris Johnson must now get on with the job of being the proper Tory he was elected to be in 2019 – bringing on Brexit benefits, encouraging growth by cutting taxes and shrinking the state.

- Tim Newark

He can be the best cheerleader for Britain but is sinking in a mire of bad behaviour and broken promises. For the sake of the UK, he needs to get a grip and start delivering on solid Conservative values.

The coalition of rebels against him include die-hard Remainers who want to rejoin the EU and former allies who are just frustrated by his lurch Leftwards.

It is the supreme irony that much of the economic trouble we now face was the result of him legislating lockdown and the stringent rules that caught him out in Partygate.

Being naturally libertarian, he probably thought that fed-up Britons were as likely to bend the rules as he has, but it is this ill-judged hypocrisy that has given his enemies in Parliament the weapon to beat him with relentlessly and it’s getting through to voters.

Boris’ reputation for being a vote winner is starting to fray and may well unravel in upcoming by-elections. Yet it is true that he has performed well in delivering effective Covid jabs quicker than the EU and has led boldly in the resistance to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.