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A Tory MP has labeled Theresa May\u2019s Conservatives a \u201cs**t show,\u201d declaring that if he wasn\u2019t a politician, he wouldn\u2019t vote for his own party. He added that, if offered, he wouldn\u2019t accept a ministerial post in the cabinet.<\/p>\n
Johnny Mercer MP, seen by many of the Tory faithful as a rising star, has given a brutal appraisal of his own party under May\u2019s leadership in an interview with The House magazine<\/a>, the UK parliament\u2019s publication.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Knives out for ex-Tory PM John Major after he rips into Boris & fellow Brexiteers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Mercer, a former British army captain who served in Afghanistan, insists that he\u2019s \u201cinherently a team player.\u201d<\/em> Despite this, he went AWOL bemoaning that his party is being \u201copenly ridiculed\u201d<\/em> over its handling of Brexit, and concluding that his party is a \u201cs**t show.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cWhen you go home from [parliament] on a Thursday and go for a run across Dartmoor or whatever, and you\u2019re stripped to your core being, I mean, yeah, you realize it\u2019s a s**t show,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n The most interesting thing about Tory MP Johnny Mercer’s outburst, calling the party a “shit show”, is he has one of the highest voting attendance records of all MPs, but has NEVER rebelled. So basically, he keeps voting for more shit.<\/p>\n \u2014 Matt Thomas #GTTO (@Trickyjabs) October 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n I applaud you @JohnnyMercerUK<\/a> Superb piece telling it like it is. If only our PM had an iota of your mettle. You\u2019re not alone, a lot of Tory voters feel exactly as you do.<\/p>\n \u2014 Active Convo ⚖️ (@Activeconvo) October 18, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n The backbench MP joined the Conservatives in 2012 having been inspired by the party\u2019s direction under the stewardship of David Cameron and George Osborne, but now says there\u2019s no way he would vote for the Tories, if he weren\u2019t a politician. \u201cOf course I wouldn\u2019t,\u201d<\/em> he declared.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no doubt about it that my set of values and ethos, I was comfortable that it was aligned with the Conservative Party. I\u2019m not as comfortable that that\u2019s the case anymore,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0EU\u2019s chief Brexit negotiator says Irish border issue could sink whole deal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n
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