Tory fury as Truss allies label Sajid Javid ‘s***’ amid claims he was first choice for chancellor

Tory MPs today reacted with fury after they are allies Liz Truss launched a disgraceful attack on former minister Sajid Javid.

Amid rumors that he was the prime minister’s first choice to replace Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor, sources told the Sunday Times that after years of working with him in cabinet, she considered him a “dick”.

They also suggested Ms Truss ‘laughed out loud’ at the idea of ​​Mr Javid returning to No 11 after he was sacked Boris Johnson in 2020.

Mr Kwarteng was fired on Friday due to the mini-budget and replaced the same day Jeremy Huntthe previous one foreign minister.

But the attack on Mr Javid has sparked criticism from other backbench Tories.

Board of Education chairman Robert Halfon today said the attack was “disgusting”.

He told Sky News: ‘According to the report that was published using four-letter words to describe Sajid Javid, I’ve known him since university, he’s a really good man, he was respected.

He did not rein in the economy when he was chancellor and if the Prime Minister wants to unite the party and get people around her then these types of negative peer briefings need to stop.

“All he’s doing is bringing disharmony to the party, whereas the prime minister should be doing everything he can to unite the people, unite the country.”

But former Speaker Mark Harper said: “Sajid Javid is a good colleague and although we have supported different candidates in the leadership election, I am proud to call him a fellow Conservative.”

‘No10 reporting vile insults about *your* colleagues is not helpful to the Conservative Party when we need to work together.’

This comes amid reports today that Ben Wallace, the respected Defense Secretary, has been tipped as a possible Prime Minister and Rushi Sunak as Chancellor.

Questions still hang over the government over whether it will be able to win enough support from a divided party for a series of painful tax and spending decisions that have already brought back memories of the austerity era under David Cameron and George Osborne.

In a media blitz over the weekend, both Mr Hunt and Ms Truss tried to win over their own party and voters to the new Downing Street regime.

After giving several interviews on Saturday, the new chancellor will later appear on Sunday’s BBC One show with Laura Kuenssberg.

Ms Truss, who admitted in an article in The Sun newspaper that the dismissal of her friend and ideological relative Mr. markets’ confidence in our commitment to sound money.”

Writing in the Telegraph, Mr Hunt said the government was ‘changing course’.

His appointment has so far done nothing to dampen speculation of an imminent coup against Ms Truss.

Rishi Sunak, the defeated leadership contender and former chancellor, and Wallace were among the names floated as possible replacements.

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown told LBC on Saturday that for Ms Truss everything depends on how markets receive the fiscal plan at the end of the month.

While he said he believed Mr Hunt could steady the ship, he warned that if he “fails to satisfy the markets and everybody else and the economy is still in chaos, then I think we’re going to be in a very difficult position”.

There has been speculation elsewhere that including the Ministry of Defense in any round of spending cuts could spark a clash with Mr Wallace.

A defense source said he would demand promises made from Ms Truss.

Ms Truss has promised to increase defense spending to 3 per cent of GDP by 2030 because of the war in Ukraine.

Nevertheless, the prime minister has her supporters in the party.

Former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries, a staunch supporter of Boris Johnson, wrote in the Daily Express: “The sad truth is that those plotting to oust the Prime Minister from Downing Street are the same conspirators who conspired to get rid of Boris. They will not rest until they anoint their chosen leader to power.”