A petition calling for Boris Johnson to return as Prime Minister has been signed by more than 10,000 Conservative Party members and supporters in its first two days. The petition, organised by Conservative Post, follows another during the summer that saw more than 15,000 members demand a vote on keeping Mr Johnson in Downing Street.
The Express says that speculation is mounting that Liz Truss could quit as early as today - 41 days after taking office - while Mr Johnson is on a speaking tour of the USA. It says that members of the party have vented their fury at MPs and the leadership as Ms Truss' government has spiralled out of control with her tax and domestic policy agenda ripped up by Jeremy Hunt, the man she brought in to save her government.
Mr Hunt cancelled almost all the tax cuts in the mini-Budget which got her elected in a brutal leadership contest over the summer. MPs claim that the new Chancellor, who was only appointed on Friday, is the "de facto Prime Minister".
Party members have responded to the Conservative Post petition with demands that Mr Johnson is asked to come back. One said: "Please bring Boris back ASAP! His voters never wanted him out. The party needs to rectify this mistake and NOW!"
Another added: "Just get Boris back. He is the only person who will get a win at a general election. Or you are heading for opposition and years in the wilderness." A third said: "I cannot join the party whilst they act the way they do. Totally undemocratic. I have been a Tory voter all my life but I am very close to not voting for them ever again unless they reinstate Boris Johnson."
One Red Wall voter posted: "I only voted Conservative because I believed in a Boris Johnson's vision and passion for leading our country. He delivered Brexit, got us through a pandemic and lead the western world in fighting for the Ukraine.
"He is one of the greatest Prime Ministers we have ever had and watching the way he was used and then stabbed in the back by Rishi Sunak and the lemmings that then followed each sticking in a knife into his back has shown what a bunch of incompetent, greedy vipers who are not capable of running our country. It’s simple either reinstate the PM we all voted for or I and the rest of the country will never vote Conservative again."
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