Few in the Tory party think Sunak’s new deal is perfect, but they do think it is an improvement. The suggestion of a new chapter for the Tory party excites MPs – whereas a Johnson comeback looks like a return to the past 🖊️ katyballs for ipaperviews
Johnson, too, is getting cold feet about going any further. His allies are playing down the idea he could make an intervention anytime soon claiming the wait is due to “study time”. Others who know him offer a different interpretation. “He moved too early,” says a politician who served in Johnson’s cabinet. “He now looks silly if he backs it and isolated with the awkward squad if he comes out against it. So he’ll probably just loiter in the shadows.
It means any move from Johnson at present wouldn’t exactly scream the future. And that’s the problem for the Prime Minister. There is a growing sense of the need to refresh and it’s hard to do that with a leader of the past.is perfect. There are plenty of aspects which give Brexiteers cause for concern – such as the circumstances in which the Stormont brake can be used and whether the UK government would really go along with it given it could mean retaliation from the EU.
But they do think it is an improvement and harbour a desire to move on from the fighting both on Brexit and internally of the past few years. The fact that Sunak’s softly softly approach has yielded results means that MPs are questioning whether the drama of the Johnson and Truss era was the right way to get things done. “Rishi appears to have shown you can achieve results with focus and politeness rather than sabre-rattling like Boris and Liz,” says one Tory MP.
The suggestion of a new chapter for the Tory party excites MPs – whereas a Johnson comeback looks more like a return to the past. That sense is likely to grow in the coming weeks.with the paper due to publish thousands of private messages former health secretary Matt Hancock sent and received has been met with dread by politicians reluctant to revisit the government’s messy handling of the pandemic.
However, one party old hand warns that Number 10 ought not let a good week go to their heads given the various flashpoints coming up the track from the Budget to tricky local elections. But if Sunak can keep his party looking ahead, a majority will opt for a fresh approach over a return of the past two years.
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