At least half of Tory voters don’t expect a good Brexit deal
A recent poll has shown that more than half of the Conservative party do not expect Britain to get a good deal. Not only this but, nearly two thirds of adults say the government will be to blame if the UK gets a bad deal on leaving the EU. Only twenty three percent of Tory voters believing the country will negotiate a beneficial exit.
More than eight in ten conservative supporters believe the process of Brexit has been a mess. Two thirds of them also believe promises made by leave-backing politicians will be broken. A majority of Leave voters now say the government will be at fault if we receive a bad exit deal.
Conservative MP and Boris Johnson supporter calls for new Brexit-backing members to join party
A Conservative MP and supporter of Boris Johnson has called for her party to allow new Brexit-backing members to join. She had said the Tories should not be “closing doors to potential friends”. In addition to this, she demanded a change in rules to strengthen the powers of members to select the next Conservative leader.
The statement she made follow the pro-Brexit group founded by Arron Banks to encourage its members to join the Tories ahead of time. As a result of this, ex-leader William Hague urged party chiefs to reject the call to alter the current rules. This is because it would give MP’s the power to choose the candidates that are put to a vote of the members in contest.
“We should not be closing our doors to potential friends when Corbyn is banging on the doors to Number 10.” Ms Jenkyns said. Another statement she made was that party rules should be changed to allow a “member’s choice” candidate or even a “people’s choice” candidate.
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