PM makes ‘big error’ by pulling out of Tories’
northern conference
Aubrey
Allegretti
Boris
Johnson has pulled out of a major event held by his northern Tory MPs designed
to energise supporters and improve the party’s chances of holding on to “red
wall” seats at the next election.
After
telling the Northern Research Group he would address its gathering with
hundreds of activists held in Doncaster on Thursday, No 10 said the prime
minister would not be able to attend.
The caucus
is run by Rossendale and Darwen MP Jake Berry and acts as a pressure group to
fight for more attention to be paid to the swathes of seats the Conservatives
won for the first time in 2019 across northern England.
No reason
was given by Downing Street for Johnson’s non-attendance.
Some Tories
had expected him to visit Wakefield, 20 miles away, before joining the
conference.
Johnson,
whose birthday is on Sunday, has yet to visit the seat which will hold a
byelection next Thursday after being vacated by Imran Ahmad Khan following a
conviction for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.
One Tory MP
said it was a “big error” for Johnson to pull out.
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