Former PM Boris Johnson is “finished”, a senior Tory MP said after Johnson suffered a day of double humiliation in the House of Commons. But the Daily Mail has stuck by him, naturally.
The Privileges Committee yesterday saw Mr Johnson lose his cool and accuse the panel of “complete nonsense.”
Then his Brexit battle with Sunak lost by a huge margin.
Senior Tory MP Caroline Nokes said Boris Johnson’s comeback hopes were “finished” after the Partygate inquiry committee suggested he had failed to correctly interpret his own Covid guidance or seek proper assurances.
Asked if Mr Johnson is finished if he is punished by the committee, Ms Nokes told ITV’s Peston: “I think that Boris Johnson is finished anyway. I think there was a very clear message from his own ministers back in the summer that they didn’t want him to carry on.”
“He didn’t choose to stand against Rishi Sunak back in the autumn when we had the second leadership challenge. As far as I’m concerned, Boris Johnson is not coming back as prime minister.”
The Daily Star front page is amazing.
One place he did find support was…you guessed it, the Daily Mail.
Here we go!
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