PM fighting for her future

DESPERATE Theresa May will say today that “our best days lie ahead of us” – after scheming Boris Johnson savaged her Brexit blueprint as an “outrage”.

The Prime Minister will offer a message of hope in her speech at the Tory Party conference as she battles to save her Chequers plan.

She will say: “Don’t let anyone tell you we don’t have what it takes: we have everything we need to succeed.”

The croaky PM’s address will come after the party faithful lapped up Mr Johnson’s scathing speech in which he paved the way for a leadership tilt.

He told delighted supporters it is time to “chuck Chequers”.

Blasting Mrs May’s withdrawal plan again, he said: “This is not what we voted for – this is an outrage.

“This is not taking back control, this is forfeiting control.” He quit the Cabinet in July so he could oppose the Chequers plan, which he said yesterday would keep Britain too closely tied to Brussels.

The ex-Foreign Secretary, who has split from his wife and has previously faced claims of extra-marital affairs, added: “If we cheat the electorate – and Chequers is a cheat – we will escalate the sense of mistrust.”

Activists even cheered his sugges- tion the PM risks being prosecuted under a 14th century law stating “no foreign court or government shall have jurisdiction in this country”.

Mr Johnson, who chickened out of a 2016 leadership bid after he lost the support of Environment Secretary Michael Gove, accused Mrs May of losing her nerve over quitting the EU.

He said: “If we get it wrong, my friends – if we bottle Brexit now –