Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak 'had secret peace summit' before shock resignation as Sir Keir Starmer claims PM has 'lost control'
But after leaving the meeting confident that his honours list would not be interfered with - Rishi was said to renege on the promise, removing several names from the list which was once said to have included Nadine Dorries.
Starmer writes: "Rishi Sunak must finally find a backbone, call an election, and let the public have their say on 13 years of Tory failure.Boris Johnson took a swipe at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in his resignation letter, labelling the committee investigation into 'partygate' a "kangaroo court".The news follows comments from Sir Jacob Reese-Mogg, who received a knighthood as part of Boris Johnson's resignation honours list.
"Any attempt to do so would shatter our fragile party unity and plunge the Conservatives into civil war."'A carousel of cronies': Angela Rayner blasts 'gaslighting' Boris following former PM's resignation honours listBoris Johnson quits as MP and claims 'kangaroo court' privileges committee tried to 'drive him out'
The announcement was triggered after Adams, 58, posted to Twitter: 'Yesterday, Selby Conservatives selected an excellent new parliamentary candidate.'Picture: LBC / Alamy Nigel Adams was Minister of State in the Cabinet Office between 15 September 2021 and 5 September 2022, having previously held the position of Minister for Asia at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Minister of State at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.Yesterday, Selby Conservatives selected an excellent new parliamentary candidate.
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