There won't be another leadership challenge in Britain's Conservative Party, even if the upcoming local elections on May 2 prove disastrous, according to former British defence secretary Ben Wallace.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's governing Conservatives have been trailing behind the Labour party in polls for months, ahead of the next general election.
"You know, sometimes you have to get on with it. Right? You have to set your case, set out your best case, say to the public, this is us. This is me, and get on with that," Wallace said.
"There are some serial agitators," he added, saying he used to joke that one of his colleagues had laminated his confidence letter.
He flatly ruled out a challenge. "There isn't going to be a leadership challenge. I don't think so and 14 years in, local elections isn't going to be pleasant anyhow," he added.
He refused to speculate about what a defeat might mean for the Conservative party at the next general elections which must be held by the end of January 2025.
"What usually happens for all big parties is, they run to mummy, you know, they run to their comfort blanket. And they go to the right or the left as Labour did with Corbyn, right?" He was referring to Jeremy Corbyn, who became leader of the Labour Party in 2015.
"Then they get whacked again at the polls and they realise that actually the best solution is not the harder left or the harder right but Britain is predominantly run by the centre," Wallace said.
