Brexit was Boris Johnson’s ‘quick and dirty route to power’
An LBC caller said the former PM "jumped on the populist bandwagon and then didn't know what to do when a slight majority voted to leave".
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is a British politician and writer serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 2016-2018 and Mayor of London 2008-2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015 and was previously MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He has been described as adhering to the ideology of one-nation and national conservatism.
An LBC caller said the former PM "jumped on the populist bandwagon and then didn't know what to do when a slight majority voted to leave".
The former prime minister argued for what he called a "hard egg" approach in the "slightly surreal" conversation with an official.
"Many of the people who were anti-Boris realise they are nothing without their seat", the former culture secretary said.
“He’s a braver man than me, in restanding. I’m looking on all the local Facebook groups. People have turned against him. They’ve had enough."
The Asylum Seekers (Removal to Safe Countries) Bill is to be introduced by Tory MP Jonathan Gullis on Wednesday.
The ex-prime minister lasted just six weeks in No10, making her the UK's shortest-serving premier in history.
The former prime minister’s decision suggests he is committed to a long-term career in politics.
The very slight bounce Sunak offered his party on becoming prime minister has now “flatlined”, according to experts.
It marks the pair’s first major parliamentary interventions since departing Downing Street.
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