London, Thanasis Gavos

There was a surprise appearance at the Conservative campaign rally in London late on Tuesday night, namely the first appearance of this campaign by former prime minister Boris Johnson.

Mr. Johnson did not appear on the stage with Rishi Sunak, but with his familiar enthusiasm and witty remarks he excited Tory friends, such as Mr. Sunak himself has not caused in the whole election campaign. as many commentators today point out.

Mr Johnson focused mainly on highlighting the “danger” of a Labor or Reform UK vote, rather than the positives of a Tory vote, as polls continue to give Keir Starmer a wide lead and a significant share of the party’s vote by Nigel Farage.

According to Mr Johnson, a Labor government would “create terrible situations” for the British people and make Britain “a pawn of Brussels”.

He accused Mr Farage of being a Kremlin stooge and said “Reform UK can achieve nothing in this election other than bringing in the most left-wing post-war Labor government with a huge amount of self-reliance and that should not let’s allow”. As he characteristically added, “don’t let the Putinists bring the Corbynists to power.”

In his own speech the Conservative leader warned for the umpteenth time of the risk of tax increases by Labour: “It’s in their DNA. Why; Because they are socialists.”

According to Mr Sunack, just 130,000 votes for the Tories in ambivalent constituencies would be enough to prevent Labour’s self-sufficiency.

Meanwhile, one of the representatives of the most extreme right wing of the Conservatives and a fierce critic of Rishi Sunak, former minister Suella Braverman with her article in the Daily Telegraph believes that the election has been lost for the Tories and that the party must start to he is preparing “for reality and the frustration of the opposition”.

She is calling for a rebuilding based on true Conservative values ​​and new “inspiration”, implicitly heralding according to some analysts a run of her own in the likely race to succeed Rishi Sunak the day after the election.