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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Toby Helm and Michael Savage

Can Boris Johnson survive the Conservative rural rebellion?

A man and a woman sitting on a picnic bench in a field, with an effigy of Boris Johnson to their right wearing a suit and a photo-mask of Johnson's face. Also on display is a sign sayingTimes Up Boris
David and Marion Elston of Washfield, Devon, with their Boris Johnson scarecrow, which won the people’s choice award in the village competition. Photograph: Karen Robinson/The Observer

On a grass verge down a long, winding country lane, where the hilltop views stretch across much of mid-Devon, there is evidence of rural disquiet in the peaceful village of Washfield.

A slumped figure with blond straw hair, his tie askew and suit dishevelled, sits on the roadside next to a table with wine and cheese, and a sign saying “Time’s up Boris”.

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