BORIS Johnson has told his army of fans to stop bombarding Tory headquarters with fevered demands to put him on the leadership ballot.
His close ally Nadine Dorries yesterday relayed the message from the PM that supporters needed to accept he was stepping down.
Boris Johnson has told his supporters to stop asking party leadership to keep him as PM
More than 14,000 people are believed to have written to Conservative bosses in a bid to keep BoJo in No10.
Asked about the growing petition, the Culture Secretary revealed the PM told her: “‘If you hear anything about these people…tell them to stop, it’s not right’. They were his words, his exact words.”
Ms Dorries also rubbished “100 per cent nuclear grade tosh” reports that she plans to gift Mr Johnson her ultra-safe Mid Bedfordshire seat so he can stage a comeback.
But she could not resist taking a swipe at Rishi Sunak for knifing her beloved boss and orchestrating “a ruthless coup”.
Ms Dorries, who is supporting Liz Truss, was forced to call for security during a live interview yesterday when a furious passerby started yelling at her cameraman.
Sky News abruptly cut its feed with the Culture Sec, who was in Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games, when the row broke out off screen.
