BORIS Johnson will fight tooth and nail to save his political future by levelling up Britain, say his allies.
The PM will clear out No10 aides – before Senior Political Correspondent launching a blitz of popular policies to bounce back from Partygate scandals.
His fightback – tagged Operation Red Meat – aims to bolster support in the key seats Tories won in the last election.
Under-pressure Mr Johnson plans to take personal charge of the Channel migrants crisis and to set up a post-Covid NHS “war room”, moving on from claims of illicit lockdown parties held in Downing Street.
Despite growing unrest in Tory ranks, the PM’s backers hope an inquiry into the saga will stop short of implicating Mr Johnson directly and let him cling on to power. A Government source claimed to the Daily Express last night that Mr Johnson had “got the big judgment calls right.
“Thanks to our record vaccination and booster programme, we have the most open economy in Europe with the economy now bigger than it was before the pandemic and more people in jobs than before it began.
“That growth and prosperity is thanks to the fact the Prime Minister got the big judgment calls right – on reopening in July last year, on avoiding the clamour for more restrictions over Christmas and the New Year, and on leading the way to deploy the vaccines and boosters.
“We are committed to getting on with the job of uniting the country and levelling up across the United Kingdom.”
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