Tim Bell has written to all Tory MPs urging them to back Boris Johnson in the Tory leadership contest. Here is the full text of the letter:
The most important vote in your political career
I am honoured to have been a member of the Conservative Party for forty years and am proud of my voting record, I have never voted against my party. To hear Conservative Ministers and MPs threaten to vote down a Queen’s speech and usher in a Corbyn/McDonell government shocked me to my core.
The EU elections show the frightening level of discontent amongst the public regarding the failure of a Conservative government to deliver what they voted for and what we promised to do.The rise of the Brexit Party could usher in a rabid socialist Government, the likes of which we have never experienced, which would do untold damage to the social fabric of our nation.
Jeremy Hunt thinks outside the box and his vision for the country on an international stage is explicit.
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