Phones4U boss John Caudwell says he may withdraw support for the party and the prime minister
in Whitehall and No 10. Labour is on 39% of the vote, with the Tories on 32%.
While Caudwell said he did not think there was an obvious successor to Johnson, he criticised chancellor Rishi Sunak for his handling of the economy during the Covid crisis, arguing that the furlough scheme had made some people better off while ignoring others. He also praised Liz Truss, the foreign secretary, seen as a“When you’re thinking about a new leader, there’s nobody that actually strikes me as being the right person,” he said. “I think Liz Truss could be that person.
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