The campaign to restore Boris Johnson as PM was a 'trojan horse' for a hostile, hard-right takeover of the party, it's been claimed.
The donors behind the petition have set up a new ‘party within a party’ - backed by Boris ally Priti Patel.
And Tory insiders fear they’ll be able to use the ready-made mailing list of tens of thousands of Johnson supporters to muscle in on the party and push right-wing figures.