Boris Johnson says Theresa May was a ‘slave’ to her former advisers and will be out of No10 in a year
As the Prime Minister opens the first day of the Tory party conference in Manchester this morning, the Foreign Secretary is said to have serious doubts about her ability to carry on.
THERESA MAY will be out of No10 within a year, Boris Johnson as declared as he re-ignited the bitter cabinet war in the Conservative party about her future.
As the Prime Minister opens the first day of the Tory party conference in Manchester this morning, the Foreign Secretary is said to have serious doubts about her ability to carry on.
“He thinks she’s got a year at most,” one friend of the foreign secretary said, according to a Channel 4 documentary on him
He also reportedly told colleagues of the relationship between the PM and her two former advisers: "That's modern slavery right there."
Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill quit following a flurry of fury over their role in the failed election.
The outspoken minister risks fury among his party by destabilizing the Prime Minister as she seeks to secure her position among members at conference.
Today she unveiled plans to freeze tuition fees, raise the threshold graduates will have to repay money, and plough more money into Help to Buy scheme to help younger people get houses.
She aims to bounce back from her election bruising by dedicating herself to improving the life chances of the next generation.
The PM brushed aside her own legacy and vowed to make the under-30s her main focus in whatever time she has left.
In a frank and revealing interview, she said: “I don’t think about how I will be remembered. For me, my job is to make a difference for people here and now. My mission is to build a better future for everyone — and I intend to show we can do it.”
But the Foreign Secretary has made more wave this weekend by laying down his red lines for Brexit in an interview with The Sun.
He insisted that the transition period must last “not a second more” than two years and said there should be no payment for the single market access afterwards.
All his demands go further than the agreed Cabinet position, hammered out after a summer of infighting.
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Tory ministers piled pressure on the PM to sack Mr Johnson - or face an early election.
The Chancellor today backed away from reports that he was said to have offered support for Mr Johnson to oust the PM after June's election - when she lost the party a number of seats.
Mr Hammond said in the Mail on Sunday: "I do not recognise the words, or indeed the sentiment... it's completely against my character to write down anything like that."
The PM’s closest ally today backed Boris and said it was a “good thing” to have the rebellious big beast in the Cabinet.
First Secretary of State Damian Green told ITV’s Peston on Sunday: “Boris has huge talents and having him in the Cabinet gives us that strength.
“Boris has a good record as Mayor of London so it’s a good thing to have him in the Cabinet.”
Asked if he was annoyed with Mr Johnson’s Brexit intervention, he replied: “Inevitably on big issues people will have views.”
But backbencher Grant Shapps said Mrs May "should of course" sack Boris over his leadership challenge.
She was not even aware of its contents and was only given a brief tip off moments before it was public.
Mrs May told The Sun on Sunday: “I can’t honestly remember the timeline about when I heard that something was afoot.
The news comes as a new poll for HuffPost UK showed that three out of five voters (59%) want Theresa May to step down immediately – but the vast majority of Tory backers want her in post for Brexit.