Ukraine could have saved Boris Johnson – but he blew it with litany of blunders, says Tory kingmaker

BORIS Johnson whitethorn person survived Partygate had helium not bungled aboriginal on, a Tory powerbroker claims.

Lord Graham Brady — who ran the backbench 1922 Committee for 14 years — revealed letters of nary assurance from Conservative MPs were withdrawn successful February 2022 erstwhile Putin invaded Ukraine.

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Lord Brady said MPs were telling him: “We person a warfare successful Europe, the PM is rather close to beryllium lasting up to Ukraine and he’s precise vocal successful that we should basal together.”

Promoting his publication Kingmaker, Lord Brady said Partygate was “simmering down” but it was Johnson’s aboriginal errors that ended his premiership — erstwhile it emerged helium had been briefed successful 2019 astir complaints implicit Chris Pincher‘s groping scandal.

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Brady said: “My consciousness was the alleged Partygate allegations had made immoderate radical precise angry.

But it was arsenic though the full happening was starting to simmer down.

"It was his handling of the Pincher matter that brought him down.”

Brady said Johnson did not realise the crippled was up until “right to the end”.

“They were bound to alteration the rules to let different assurance ballot to happen, which helium would lose.”