'The plot was always to get Rishi in. I just couldn’t see it at the time,' says the ex-leader, according to Nadine Dorries's book
‘The plot was always to get Rishi in. I just couldn’t see it at the time,’ says the ex-leader, according to Nadine Dorries’s bookHe also took aim at Mr Sunak by suggesting the prime minister is just a “stooge” for Mr Johnson’s former chief adviser,
Mr Johnson added: “You’ve got to have an agenda for change in the country. You know, people will feel hacked off. Mr Johnson said he is “particularly concerned that there’s no grand economic strategy for growth,” adding: “The whole thing needs a massive kick in the pants; I think it’s all drifting. I really, really think that unless we grip it the results of the local elections will be repeated at a general election and Starmer will be a complete disaster.
Ms Dorries dramatically quit as an MP earlier this year after she was denied a peerage in Mr Johnson’s resignation honours.
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