Boris Johnson insists “things will get better in 2023” after admitting 2022 was “quite a tumultuous one”.

Boris Johnson said he was confident that after a “fairly tumultuous” 2022 “things will get better” in the coming year.

In a brief New Year’s greeting posted to social media, the former Prime Minister made no mention of his unceremonious sacking from Downing Street – followed shortly thereafter by his successor Liz Truss – or the cost of living crisis.

Instead, he delivered an encouraging message on the outlook for the economy and the opportunities that Brexit will bring once the pandemic is over.

He said he was “more confident than ever” that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin would be defeated in Ukraine at a time when there were signs that global inflation was falling.

In a New Year’s greeting posted to social media, Boris Johnson said he was confident that after a “rather tumultuous” 2022, “things will get better” in the coming year.

“2022 is tiptoeing towards the exit after a rather turbulent year in which we lost our beloved Queen and saw the start of the worst war in Europe in 80 years,” he said.

“I want to tell you why I’m looking forward to 2023 and confident that it will be better

“Our post-Covid and pandemic Britain will finally begin to embrace all our newfound freedoms and extend our lead as the best place in the world to invest, start a business, raise a family or just hang out at the pub that is ‘What I intend to do this New Year’s Eve.’

Earlier this week, a poll found Boris Johnson more popular with Tory members than Rishi Sunak, his Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and his predecessor Liz Truss.

The former prime minister was behind only Defense Secretary Ben Wallace, International Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch and Home Secretary Suella Braverman in a Conservative Home poll released yesterday.

Mr Wallace, who has served under three prime ministers this year, was by far the most popular Tory after supporting Ukraine.

The poll shows Mr Sunak, who landed five votes behind Mr Johnson and finished fifth, may have a long way to go to win the base. After losing to Ms. Truss in the leadership contest in the summer, he stepped in at No. 10 after a second contest in October that voted him out for MPs rather than party members.

The poll shows Mr Sunak, who landed five votes behind Mr Johnson and finished fifth, may have a long way to go to win the base

Mr. Sunak regularly topped Cabinet approval polls on ConservativeHome’s website during his time as Chancellor, particularly during the early stages of the pandemic

The polling panel of more than 3,300 party members put Mr Hunt to 35 votes, five behind the Prime Minister, and Ms Truss to 31.

House leader Penny Mordaunt was 27, and former business secretary and influential backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg earned 24.

Mr. Sunak regularly topped Cabinet approval polls on ConservativeHome’s website during his time as Chancellor, particularly during the early stages of the pandemic.

However, he fell after the leadership contest and then again after the fall declaration.

Mr Johnson, who is set to stand in the next general election and enjoys enduring popularity among members, and Mr Rees-Mogg both placed high in a separate competition for backbench of the year, with the outspoken Lee Anderson coming out on top.

Former Tory MP and ConservativeHome editor Paul Goodman said: “It’s sort of a tribute to the upside-down nature of 2022 that Johnson, Truss and Sunak were all eligible to be both Minister of the Year and backbencher of the year.”