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Tory MPs have launched a new drive to remove Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister after the Budget failed to improve his polling figures – with Boris Johnson top of their wish-list as his replacement.
The moves are being co-ordinated by long-term Boris fans, led by Lady McAlpine.
The widow of construction tycoon Sir William McAlpine, she played a key role in organising a recent meeting of more than 50 MPs and peers to be talked through polling data she had funded.
This poll concluded that only Mr Johnson could save the Tories from a catastrophic defeat.
One MP at the meeting, which was held shortly before the Budget, said: 'I previously thought it would be too reckless to remove yet another Prime Minister, but now I don't think we have any choice.'
Tory MPs have launched a drive to remove Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister after the Budget failed to improve his polling figures – with Boris Johnson top of their wish-list as the replacement
Last night Lady McAlpine said the Budget – which cut 2p from National Insurance but did not include any dial-shifting surprises – had not altered her view that the party needed a change of leadership.
She told The Mail on Sunday: 'As far as I am concerned the Tory party is rotten to the
