Gedling MP Tom Randall says he hasn’t yet decided on who to back as next Tory Party leader and Prime Minister.
Liz Truss resigned yesterday (20) as PM after four weeks of chaos that unravelled following the announcement of the ‘mini-budget’ on September 23.
The Conservative Party has since revealed a new leader and Prime Minister will be announced one week today, on Friday, October 28.
Rishi Sunak, who lost to Ms Truss in the summer leadership contest, is the bookies’ favourite to take over the role.
Penny Mordaunt, the current leader of the House of Commons, is the first to put herself forward as a potential candidate.
And, quite dramatically, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is also being touted for a shocking return to front-line politics just months after he was ousted by his own party.
Gedling MP Randall backed Mr Sunak in the summer contest but says he has not made his mind up over who he will back this time around.
The choice, he says, is between Mr Johnson and the former chancellor, but he is taking time to “weigh up” before deciding who to back.
On what he wants to see from the next Prime Minister, he told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “People want their politicians to get on with doing the things that they were elected to do: helping their constituents and trying to solve their problems.
“I want to see the return of firm, effective Tory government in short order.”
Sherwood MP Mark Spencer is yet to declare who he will be backing in the leadership contest.
Councillor Ben Bradley, Conservative MP for Mansfield and leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, posted on social media to confirm he, too, has not yet made up his mind.
He is asking constituents to fill in a survey asking who they would like to see as the new leader and Prime Minister.
He said: “I want to ensure that we can choose someone who has Mansfield’s support.”
Candidates will need to garner the support of at least 100 Tory MPs by Monday afternoon to be in the leadership race.
A ballot of roughly 200,000 Conservative Party members is then expected to take place next week with Sir Graham Brady, chair of the influential Tory backbench 1922 Committee, to announce the winner next week.
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Since Ms Truss’ resignation, some Conservative MPs in Nottinghamshire have already put their support behind the frontrunners.
The final candidates for the position are expected to be narrowed down by Monday.
So Randall is considering backing a liar. A serial adulterer. A misleader of Parliament. A mishandler of Covid. A man who tried to scrap the rules to protect a bent crony. Who supported the law-breaking rat Cummings. A despicable self-server who cares for nothing but his own self-aggrandizement.
Randall is a disgrace. An utter, abject disgrace. The fact that this man ‘represents’ the people of Gedling is indicative of the malaise that eats away at British society.
Every single voter in Gedling should cast their vote against this symbol of a party who think you and me are fools, to be treated with contempt.
VOTE HIM OUT