Yahoo News Huge Labour majority would mean ‘more wokery’ and higher taxes, claims Johnson
A huge Labour majority in this week’s general election would mean “more wokery” and higher taxes, Boris Johnson has claimed.
The former prime minister said that, if the polls were accurate and Sir Keir Starmer was heading for a “really big majority”, it would mean “more pointless, limp kowtowing to Brussels”.
Mr Johnson made the remarks in a campaign video for Priti Patel, the former home secretary, in which he urged voters in Witham, Essex, to re-elect her.
A source close to him said he had recorded a large number of such videos and that the decision to do one for Dame Priti was not a sign of his support in any post-election Tory leadership contest.
In his video message, Mr Johnson called her one of the “original Brexiteers” and said she had been the driving force behind “the Rwanda scheme, which, believe me, is still our best hope of stopping illegal cross-Channel gangs from bringing people into our country”.
“All of that would be put at risk by Keir Starmer and the Labour Party,” he went on.
“Unless you vote for Priti in Witham, there is a risk that we’ll get an even bigger Labour majority – a really big Labour majority – with more wokery, more illegal immigration, more pointless, limp kowtowing to Brussels, and of course ever higher taxation for you and your family under Keir Starmer and the Labour Party. Don’t let it happen. Stick with Prit.”
As Boris says; the people of the Witham constituency should 'stick with Prit!'
Thank you to my great friend, the former Prime Minister @BorisJohnson for his support and friendship.
On the 4th July I'm asking voters across the Witham constituency to re-elect me on my local… pic.twitter.com/fv5zutdgyV— Priti Patel (@pritipatel) July 2, 2024
Mr Johnson, who stepped down as an MP last year, has so far kept a low profile in the election campaign. Tweeting out his video, Dame Priti thanked him for his “support and friendship”.
“On the July 4 I’m asking voters across the Witham constituency to re-elect me on my local record of delivery and for standing up for this beautiful part of Essex.”
At the 2019 election, Dame Priti took two-thirds of the vote to win a majority of more than 24,000. However, the constituency has since been been redrawn.
The former home secretary is a front runner to succeed Rishi Sunak if he loses the election – and, crucially, if she keeps her seat.
Other potential contenders are Kemi Badenoch, the Business Secretary, Suella Braverman, another former home secretary, James Cleverly, the current Home Secretary, Robert Jenrick, a former immigration minister, Grant Shapps, the Defence Secretary, and Penny Mordaunt, the Leader of the Commons.
However, such is the extent of Labour’s predicted success that some of those contenders could lose their seats on Thursday night.
