«The Tories will be fried if they don't support Rishi Sunak,» says Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Jacob Rees-Mogg spoke to members of the Conservative Democratic Organization in Bournemouth. Photo: Jamie Lorriman

Jacob Rees-Mogg criticized Rishi Sunak for including the EU law, but said the Tories would be «fried» if they got rid of it before the general election.

Speaking at a Conservative- Democratic organization in Bournemouth, a former business secretary said the party should support its leader «in the current circumstances.»

But the CDO chief executive disagreed, saying that if Boris Johnson returned, the Tories «have a chance » in the next election.

The CDO was formed to campaign to overhaul the inner workings of the Tory party to give members more control over MPs unilaterally. removed Mr. Johnson from 10th place last summer.

Mr. Rees-Mogg, an outspoken ally of Mr. Johnson, who left the cabinet when Mr. Sunak came to power, said Conservative MPs were to blame for the party's recent failures.

&#34 ;People who screwed up. This was done by the MPs, not by the members of our party,” he said at the conference.

He called Mr. Johnson “the most successful Tory asset in the election”, who was “removed without much with your consent of the members”&#34 ;.

He also claimed that Mr. Sunak «ran away from the repeal of EU law» by relaxing the law to preserve EU law, which he said was «not a sign of strength.»

'We must not change the leader again'

However, Mr. Rees-Mogg said that now the party must support Mr. Sunak for its own survival.

"We should no longer change the leader,” he said. «We have to support Rishi Sunak in the general election or we'll be fried.»

A change of leader would make the Tories look «absurd» again, he said, adding that the Tories should have «support our leader in the current circumstances»" .

In separate comments for The Telegraph, Mr Rees-Mogg expanded on his critique of the government's current policies.

"The opportunity created by Brexit to rebuild the nation is not being seized.

«After Change of leader twice was conservative to support this government, but it should be more ambitious,” he said. «Apart from recognition by non-European medical regulators, most of the budget could have gone to Rachel Reeves.»

He said that «filleting" The EU retention bill «which Boris Johnson was determined to push through» was «not just totem» but would have left the UK tied to EU rules. he said. «This reversal is a defeat for ambition, prosperity and democracy.»

He added that Mr. Sunak had «broken» a «specific promise» to repeal EU laws.

» It's unfortunate, so how reliability was his main asset, and surrendering to a drop risks exposing the government to ridicule."

Elsewhere in the conference, CDO supporters lined up against Johnson's removal from office.

Claire Bullivant, the organization's chief executive, said: «I really think that if we did get Boris back on time in the next election, we might be a chance.» whoever toppled Johnson «did a better job of causing damage.» Conservatives than Labor Credit: Andrew Matthews

Priti Patel, the former home secretary, said the MPs who ousted Johnson were «better hurt» Conservatives than Labour, left-wing campaign groups and hostile media organizations.

She said «mistakes and mistakes» these MPs caused the Tories to lose over 1,000 council members in last week's local elections.

Lord Cruddas, billionaire Tory sponsor and president of the CDO, said Mr Johnson was removed «undemocratically with systematic resignations, collusion, secret meetings and conspiracy» by Tory MPs, «including some members of the 1922 Committee who were complicit in this shameful and appalling behavior.» #34;.

He also criticized the party's leadership under Mr. Sunak, stating, "Now I'm more concerned about what is happening to the future of our party. Are we seeing the repeal of the 2019 manifesto, bringing us closer to the EU through the Windsor Framework, in direct violation of the 2019 manifesto?

"Are we becoming center left? party or social democratic party of higher taxes linked to the EU, delaying the repeal of retained EU laws, keeping us in the ECtHR and not defending our borders? I fear we are on a path that will destroy the Conservative Party as a centre-right party.”

David Campbell Bannerman, a former Conservative MEP who chairs the CDO, called the local elections a «disaster». He added that the party «is dying as an institution.»