Tory Party conference: Theresa May branded 'a sitting duck' after dodging key Boris Johnson question

Theresa May has been branded a “sitting duck” after
dodging a question about whether Boris Johnson is
unsackable.
It came as outraged Tories called on the increasingly
weak Prime Minister to give the outspoken Foreign
Secretary the boot.
Former minister Anna Soubry said Mr Johnson –
whose interventions on Brexit have undermined the
PM – must “grow up or go”.
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And as top Tories were at each other’s throats on the
opening day of the party conference in Manchester,
Mrs May was mocked for claiming the Cabinet is
completely “united”.
On what was a torrid birthday, she was also left
reeling after it emerged Buckingham Palace was
angry at her behaviour after the election.
It is claimed the PM misled the Palace by saying she
had a deal with the DUP , despite it not being
finalised for a further 17 days.
A new book – Fall Out: A Year of Political Mayhem –
says Palace officials were also dismayed about Mrs
May’s speech outside No10 when she breached
protocol by saying she had “formed a Government”
rather than the Queen had asked her to do so.
It was also revealed the PM had to have her make-up
redone before visiting the Queen because she had
been crying after the election humiliation.
On the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show yesterday, Mrs May
failed to deny that Mr Johnson is too powerful to be
sacked.
She also refused to admit she had bungled by calling
the early election.
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Mrs May, who turned 61 yesterday, was still reeling
after the Foreign Secretary, who is arguing for a hard
Brexit, laid down a raft of red lines for EU withdrawal.
But the PM told the TV show: “Boris is absolutely
behind [my] Florence speech and the line that we
have taken.”
Lib Dem Brexit spokesman Tom Brake said: “If
Theresa May is now too weak to slap down... Boris
Johnson, it shows she has gone from being a lame
duck Prime Minister to a sitting duck Prime Minister...
Boris Johnson is now driving the car.
“For the British people trapped in the back, this is a
terrifying prospect.
“He might find it fun hurtling toward the cliff shouting
‘Cripes!’, but this threatens to crash the UK
economy.” The PM’s closest ally, First Secretary of
State Damian Green, tried to admonish Mr Johnson
over Brexit by calling on ministers to make policy
pitches in private.
Ex-Tory chairman Grant Shapps said Mrs May cannot
take the party into another election.
He added the PM is unable to sack Mr Johnson
because “putting him on the outside would put her
entire premiership in instant peril”.
On the prospect of Mrs May staying as PM, Labour
MP Jess Phillips said: “It’s bad for the country but for
the Labour Party she is an absolute gift because she
is terrible.”

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