Party mate ready for match against Boris Johnson – VG

As a Conservative first, the relatively unknown Tom Tugendhat is running for leadership against the humiliated Boris Johnson.

For weeks, the media, the opposition and even the British Prime Minister’s party Encourage him to take off his hat and go.

His lack of dismissal is often explained by the fact that there is no clear alternative among conservatives.

But now there is one: Tom Tugendhat makes himself available.

The former officer who was Elected Member of Parliament since 2015He chairs the Foreign Affairs Committee, and last year became famous for his speech reprimanding the collapse of NATO in Afghanistan.

Now he told Radio Times that it would be a “great honor” to be running for Johnson, if the Conservative Party held a vote.

It emerged this week that several social gatherings at the Prime Minister’s residence and in the government building may be in breach of Britain’s Corona measures, and To be investigated by the London Police.

at the same time a The internal investigation of the parties led by the bureaucracy Sue Gray.

Both could mean the end of Boris Johnson, but for now Refuses to give in to pressure.

It is said that many conservative lawmakers who did not trust Johnson I was threatened and pressured. Tugendhat says he is aware that several party members have been asked, but is reluctant to say anything publicly.

I don’t think one should be embarrassed to serve one’s country. I was very proud to serve my country in the army and as a diplomat, says Tugendhat, Reproduced in Sky News.

The MP herself voted to remain in the European Union, but was loyal to the proposals once made by Theresa May for Britain’s exit from the European Union.

British expert Eric Mosted, Senior Lecturer in British Studies and Education at the University of Agder, explains from the directions is being.

– Tom Tugendhat has thrown his nomination in the ring. He is a centre-right Conservative Party politician, and a former soldier who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has been critical of the government and Boris Johnson on a number of occasions in the past. He sits on the back benches and has held positions on the Foreign Affairs Committee because he has a background in the military.

He gave a number of speeches in the House of Commons, which were very good speeches, and were well received by politicians in general. Mustafa says Boris Johnson is on his right

He doubts he will be the new leader

According to the Daily Mail, well known among the Conservatives, there are many in the middle of the party who would like to have their own recruits, because he could be a unifying figure. On the other hand, Mustafa believes that there is little chance that he will be elected as the party leader.

It is common that when things are not clarified, someone comes from the sidelines, someone we call a novice candidate, and opposes a leader who is hanging in the balance. This comes in light of police investigations and this investigation report, with doubts about Boris Johnson’s confidence in the party in general.

So Mostad believes we shouldn’t put too much into the Tugendhat nomination.

– We will not exaggerate his candidacy except that he is the one who began to say that he is a leader in a possible leadership battle, but there is still a long way to go. I don’t think he will be the new leader of the Conservative party, so to speak, he said.

– This is the beginning of the process. If it should now be a vote of no-confidence in Boris Johnson and take a majority, so that it becomes a leadership battle in the party, I don’t think Tom Tugend is the one who stayed with the leadership after a potential leadership battle.

I think others will score

Mostad believes others will run if Boris Johnson resigns or is forced to leave.

None of the big-name heavyweights dare to throw their name into the ring right now. Because if Boris Johnson stays in office, it could hurt their careers if they withdraw their name now before he resigns, or before he no longer trusts him, he explains.

– So this is part of a larger game that will intensify if Boris Johnson has to withdraw or does not trust him, Mustad believes.

How likely is it that Boris Johnson is not trusted to leave?

– It is absolutely impossible to say. It is hard to speculate whether these are matters because there are too many members of the Conservative party’s parliamentary group now awaiting the internal report and police investigations, says Mustafa.

There have been 19-20 Tory MPs who have expressed distrust of him, but there must be 54 Tory candidates in the House of Commons for there to be a vote, and then there has to be a majority in that vote too if they’re going to corner Boris Johnson. So there is a long way to go before he takes off his hat and goes. If after the investigation he does not discover that he is under so much pressure that he withdraws himself. But Boris Johnson does not appear to be retiring.

Police investigating the parties with the British prime minister are asking that their cases be largely excluded from the expected investigation report, according to the NTB report.

The police confirmed that they are not asking for other elements to be omitted or the report to be postponed. According to several British media, the report is expected to be released soon.