Remoaners are desperately trying to shut out Boris Johnson and stop him getting into power (Image: GETTY)
Remain members of Theresa May’s administration are desperately trying to shut out Boris Johnson and stop him getting into power. Sir Patrick McLoughlin, the former Conservative party chairman who is backing Jeremy Hunt to succeed Theresa May, said hardline Brexiteers “ideological” attachment to a no-deal Brexit is “reckless” and it would be electoral suicide if the likes of Mr Johnson clinched power. Sir Patrick, MP for the Derbyshire Dales, told the Sunday Times: “Defining ourselves as the Brexit party, pursuing the hardest form of Brexit with a parliament that will not deliver it, is a recipe for paralysis in government and suicide with the electorate.
“We are and must remain the Conservative Party, not the Vote Leave party.”
Tory MP Nadine Dorrie was quick to jump to Mr Johnson's defence.
She claimed Sir McLoughlin’s comments were part of an orchestrated effort to defeat the frontrunner.
She said: "There has been a stop Boris campaign since the days of Michael Howard pushing forward Cameron and Osborne.
Boris Johnson remains the bookies’ favourite to replace Theresa May (Image: GETTY)
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