Boris Johnson’s constituents tell him to get on with backing Theresa May’s vision for Brexit after his explosive intervention
BORIS JOHNSON'S constituents have urged him to get on with backing Theresa May's vision for Brexit - after his explosive intervention caused a bitter Cabinet split.
People in his Uxbridge community were divided over whether he was doing a good job as an MP there, but many urged him to speak to the Prime Minister in private about our EU exit.
Boris shocked the Prime Minister when he published a 4,000 word article laying out his vision for a 'Glorious Brexit' on Saturday - just ahead of a major speech by Mrs May in Florence on Friday.
She is set to make an open offer to the EU to pay £18billion into the budget for the next few years - in exchange for access to the Single Market during a transition deal.
But Boris' intervention has overshadowed it already, opening up a deep rift in the cabinet where Amber Rudd accused him of "back-seat driving".
Yesterday he was forced to deny reports that he was about to resign over the continuing payments, but admitted last night that we must "pay our dues" before we leave.
And he promised that he was on board with Mrs May's vision for Brexit - and the Cabinet were getting on like "birds in a nest".
The pair are gearing up for a six-hour flight together back to the UK later tonight to clear the air after days of tension.
And his constituents were keen to stress that he should keep schtum and talk to the PM behind closed doors.
45-year-old pastor Benat Dauda said he "believes in so much" but added that he should "keep quiet and let the leaders lead."
He added: "If he has got any issue, take it to your leader. Don’t come out and speak against what they are doing.
"It’s not good for a political party, especially not the party in power."
But he was fully behind him becoming PM, adding: "If he doesn’t have the potential, why would he be given the post of Foreign Secretary?"
And 42-year-old fruit stall owner Carl Morrison agreed, and said he was a "very good bloke".
"He is just a down to earth, relatable person."
He said the Foreign Secretary's intervention on Brexit was the "right way forward" because the quicker things get done, "the better".
Janet Blinn, 81, also described him as "down to earth" and agreed with Boris' Brexit stance.
"We shouldn’t pay them a penny, and come out and just say we are finished," she said. "That is what we voted for."
On his prime ministerial ambitions, she said: "He is very similar to Trump.
"Possibly he would be a good one. He speaks his mind, which is what half of them don’t do."
But others weren't so happy with the Foreign Secretary, and deemed him a "bubbling baffoon" and a "joke".
Retired engineer Andrew Moxham, 72, said: "He is an idiot. He is disrupting the Tory party. And he is just after himself."
And his son Chris, 47, said he doesn't think Boris should have spoken out.
He added: "I don’t think anybody really knows what Brexit is going to look like."
And 22-year-old Remainer Eman Alzubaydi wasn't on the Boris bandwagon either.
She said: "Boris as Prime Minister? Absolutely not. I don’t take him as a serious candidate.
"There are a lot better candidates in the Conservative party to be leading our country."