Shortly after he received the resignations of Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid, Boris Johnson addressed around 70 Tory MPs who are still sort-of loyal to him. I’m told by one loyal colleague – who sounded rather bewildered by the whole thing – that Johnson was ‘remarkably bullish’, claiming he is going to appoint a new Chancellor and Health Secretary tonight, and that now there might be a chance of delivering some tax cuts.
‘No one has survived this kind of thing before,’ says one Tory MP
That last comment was him lashing out at Sunak for repeatedly blocking what Tory MPs have been calling for as a means of getting the economy going. Last week, I reported that they were calling for Johnson to appoint some kind of economic adviser who would help him stand up to the Treasury: now he has to appoint a Chancellor who he hopes will do his bidding.
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