The UK’s attorney-general has joined a chorus of ministers calling for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign as she lays out her own pitch for the leadership of the Conservative party.
“The facts are undeniable,” Suella Braverman told BBC Radio 4’s Today on Thursday. “[Johnson] can’t command the confidence of sufficient numbers of people to serve in his government.
“It is so regrettable for us today — it’s incredibly sad for us to reach the conclusion that he sadly must stand down,” she said.
Braverman continues in her post as attorney-general, but outlined a pitch for leadership of the Conservative party.
“I’m putting myself forward . . . because I believe that the 2019 manifesto is fit for purpose, presents a bold and inspiring vision of our country, I want to deliver on the promises contained in that manifesto,” she said.
“I want to embed the opportunities of Brexit and tidy up the outstanding issues relating to the Northern Ireland protocol,” she added. “I want to fix the problem of illegal boats crossing the Channel, stop a Strasbourg court from interfering in our domestic policies, cut taxes, shrink the size of the state and government spending.”
Braverman also said she would “take on in a robust fashion some of this cancel culture and woke rubbish, as I like to call it, which is permeating our schools, our universities, our society”.
Ben Wallace, the defence minister, tweeted on Thursday: “A number of us have an obligation to keep this country safe no matter who is PM.
“The party has a mechanism to change leaders and that is the mechanism which I advise colleagues to use,” he said.
A number of us have an obligation to keep this country safe,no matter who is PM. The Party has a mechanism to change leaders and that is the mechanism which I advise colleagues to use. In the meantime,the public would not forgive us if we left these Offices of State empty.
— Rt. Hon Ben Wallace MP (@BWallaceMP) July 7, 2022
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