![]() The balance is between upsetting Johnson supporters and "exerting his authority," she said. "Politically it's in his interests for it to be a firm verdict on Boris Johnson," said Hannah White, director of the Institute for Government. ![]() A question remains over how Sunak himself will vote. ![]() Looking to avoid worsening the civil war with the former premier, the government has given Conservative MPs permission to abstain by staying away. Monday's vote over the Johnson report and his punishment has the potential to put on display Tory divisions yet again. One official said presenting a positive message to voters is becoming impossible because the Tories are addicted to chaos. The government has won the media narrative in just eight of the past 24 weeks, they said, flagging an excess of sideshows from Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab's resignation after being found to have abused his power to public sector strikes and poor performance on key policy areas, they concluded. The Tories have been unable to follow the advice of their chief election strategist, Isaac Levido, to avoid distractions and focus on governing, one party planner said. Sunak's team insist it's time to move on from the Westminster soap opera which saw Johnson resign from Parliament ahead of the report into his conduct and lash out at the Tory-majority committee that wrote it.īut with a House of Commons vote on his punishment due Monday, the first Covid inquiry hearings Tuesday and the Bank of England looking set to push ahead with a 13th consecutive interest rate hike on Thursday, that's easier said than done. Politically and economically, Sunak's fortunes are heading in the wrong direction and it is getting harder to see how he can escape worst-case scenarios on each, a government minister said. Some senior Conservatives fear the events of recent days have further closed their already narrow path to victory at the next general election, due by the end of January 2025.
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