Boris Johnson delivers a speech in central London, while on the General Election campaign trail. Pic (Image: PA)
Boris Johnson warned voters that backing Reform will hand the keys to No 10 to Labour's Corbynistas.
The ex-prime minister made a dramatic eleventh-hour appearance on the Tory campaign trail at a rally of party supporters.
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He insisted the British people will “draw back from the brink” on Thursday to stop “cocky” Keir Starmer winning a massive majority.
Mr Johnson, whose relationship with Rishi Sunak is strained, said whatever the differences i the party they are “utterly trivial” compared to the looming disaster if the polls are right.
In a rousing address to party faithful in central London, Mr Johnson said: “If you are slightly surprised to see me I want to be clear that I was glad when the PM asked me for help and I could not say no.
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“I am here for one reason and one reason only – the same reason as you, we are here because we love our country, and whatever our differences they are utterly trivial by comparison with the disaster we face if these opinion polls are right – and it is a big if.
“I think the British people will still show more sense on Thursday, still draw back from the brink."
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Mr Johnson took a swipe at Nigel Farage, who has faced criticism over comments he made about Russian President.
The ex-PM said: “Don’t let the Putinistas deliver the Corbynistas. Don’t let Putin’s pet parrots give the whole country psittacosis.
“If you actually want higher taxes – if you feel you have a few thousand to spare – then vote Labour on Thursday.”
Mr Johnson added: "But if the polls are right then at the very moment when this country has beaten covid, and beaten post-covid inflation, at the very moment when we should be encouraging enterprise, and growth, and putting money back into people’s pockets.
"Westminster is about to lurch in diametrically the wrong direction and so we cannot just sit back as a Labour government prepares to use a sledgehammer majority to destroy so much of what we achieved – what you achieved.”
As the crowd chanted 'Boris, Boris, Boris', Mr Johnson said: “Labour are so cocky that they are barely concealing their agenda any more: whacking up taxes on pensions and property, persecuting private enterprise, attacking private education and private healthcare – with all the pointless extra burden that will place on the taxpayer.”
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech in central London, while on the General Election campai (Image: PA)
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The surprise appearance came after Mr Johnson threw his support behind former Home Secretary Dame Priti Patel’s re-election campaign in Witham, Essex.
Mr Johnson said the Rwanda scheme is “our best hope” of ending the Channel migrant crisis.
He warned: “All of that would be put at risk by Keir Starmer and the Labour Party.
“Unless you vote for Priti in Witham there is a risk that we’ll get an even bigger Labour majority, a really big Labour majority, with more wokery, more illegal immigration, more pointless, limp kowtowing to Brussels and of course ever higher taxation for you and your family under Keir Starmer and the Labour Party.”
Mr Johnson, who has been putting out social media videos in support of some Conservative candidates, said Ms Patel was one of the “original Brexiteers”.
And he said she “really drove that Rwanda scheme, believe me, is still our best hope of stopping illegal cross-Channel gangs from bringing people into our country”.
Dame Priti responded to the endorsement, by posting on X: “As Boris says; the people of the Witham constituency should ‘stick with Prit.
“Thank you to my great friend, the former Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his support and friendship.
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“On the 4th July, I’m asking voters across the Witham constituency to re-elect me on my local record of delivery and for standing up for this beautiful part of Essex.”
Labour has vowed to scrap the Rwanda scheme, prompting fears the party is essentially hoping for better results despite doing less.
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