Conservative MPs warned risk will lose their seats if they drop Boris Johnson as leader.
In spite of prime ministers current unpopularity that caused voters to boo him when he arrived for Platinum Anniversary Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul’s Cathedral on Friday, a government the source said he remained “elected winner machine”.
mr johnson wrestling back against demands from its deputies for a confidence vote in his leadership, which may come already next a week.
More than 40 Conservative MPs openly called for for its removal, with at least 17 shipments no-confidence letters to the chair of Back Bench of the 1922 Committee Sir Graham Brady, who must call a vote if total reaches 54.
Publication in the last month of Sue Gray’s report on the Partygate scandal caused waves of new letters, and Mr Johnson’s supporters fear pressure for his removal will intensify if the Tories lose the by-election in Wakefield & Tiverton & Honiton on June 23rd.
Speaking to I newspaper, and senior government source said no one of potential alternate Tory leaders have the same ability like mr johnson attract voters in red wall district in Midlands and North captured from Labor in 2019.
“If you leave Boris, you will blow up the Red Wall,” the source said. “He is the only leader who keeps her together.
“The order given to Boris in 2019 was huge and it’s reaching parts of a country that no conservative leader has in generation.
“It’s a huge, huge call two years after the election to talk about the winner of the election machine this time up.”
Source also said Mr Johnson was better placed than his potential replacements to defend traditional Blue Wall Tory seats under pressure from the Liberal Democrats in south and rural areas.
“Boris showed that he understands traditional Blue Wall sensitivity and it will be important for his in time want so that later prove as well as show it,” the source said.