Tory MP: I wouldn’t even vote for my own party now

A TORY MP launched an extraordinary attack on his own Government last night as Theresa May faced open speculation in the party about her future as leader.

Johnny Mercer, an ex-Army officer who was elected in 2015, described Mrs May’s administration as a ‘s**t show’, questioned whether the party still shared his ‘values and ethos’ and said he would never have run for Parliament ‘if the situation was like it is now’.

In an interview with The House magazine, he warned that if Tory Brexit rows let in Jeremy Corbyn ‘I don’t think we’d be forgiven for a generation and we wouldn’t deserve to be’.

The Remain supporter said that with hind-

sight his pre-MP self ‘wouldn’t vote’, adding: ‘There’s no doubt about it that my set of values and ethos, I was comfortable that it was aligned with the Conservative Party. I’m not as comfortable that that’s the case any more.’

Mr Mercer claimed Mrs May is too focused on Brexit and accused her of being a ‘technocrat’ leading the Tories in the wrong direction.

He branded Mrs May’s Chequers deal ‘your classic professional politician’s answer because it is down the middle.’ He added: ‘It doesn’t make anybody happy. I think if we forget that at the crucial moment on Brexit, and I say that as a Remainer, the disdain with which people have held politicians will reach a crescendo if we don’t deliver on that referendum result and make people feel like they’ve left the European Union.’

He said Mrs May needs to change course and stop taking the country or MPs for granted, adding that it is not just Brexiteers who could topple her.

“I’m not going to sit at the back of the bus and watch it head towards the edge of the cliff. I’m not going to let us go down without a serious s**t fight’.