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Mr Ferrari responded: “People have been campaigning for him to go from the moment he crossed the threshold but now they are saying we need him back. It’s a bit ironic isn’t it?”<\/p>\n
Barry said: “We really do need him. I can’t believe what is going on in this country.<\/p>\n
This echoes Ben Houchen, the Mayor of Tees Valley, who told The Telegraph this week that Red Wall voters “will punish Tories for ousting Boris Johnson”.<\/p>\n
He warned that Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will face a brutal backlash from the grassroots voters regardless of who wins the race to be the next Prime Minister.<\/p>\n
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The powerful Conservative regional politicians said it was “blindingly obvious” that Ms Truss and Mr Sunak could not earn the same support as the outgoing Prime Minister.<\/p>\n
Mr Houchen said: “We’ve seen that reflected in places like Teesside.<\/p>\n
“Lots of first-time Conservative voters are completely bewildered, confused and actually quite upset that the Conservative Party got rid of Boris.<\/p>\n
“I think we will ultimately be worse off at the general election for not having Boris Johnson.”<\/p>\n
A report in the Sunday Mirror last weekend suggested that Mr Johnson and his allies were plotting a return to Number 10 before the next election if his successor “implodes”.<\/p>\n
DON’T MISS:<\/strong><\/p>\n New polling suggests nearly 50% of Tory members want Boris back as PM [POLL] They suggested that the Tory MPs would welcome Mr Johnson’s return “as a winner” if Ms Truss, who looks set to win by a decisive margin, does not “get a grip” on looming crises.<\/p>\n A Conservative Party source said: “I think that could well intensify if things go badly for Liz – you get people thinking ‘Would he have been any worse?’<\/p>\n “She’s got strikes coming up, energy bills, inflation the whole lot.”<\/p>\n At the beginning of the leadership race, more than 10,000 Tory members are thought to have backed a “Boris ballot” campaign to added Mr Johnson as a candidate in the final round.<\/p>\n
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