Anthony Seldon and Peter Snowdon’s biography of David Cameron has not even been released yet but already it has managed to send ripples through Westminster. Revelations in the Mail on Sunday’s excerpt of the tome included George Osborne’s fears that an EU referendum could obstruct his path to Number 10, as well as a text David Cameron sent to Boris Johnson apparently telling him to ‘f—ing shut up‘.
Only it may be best to take some of these stories with a pinch of salt for now, as concerns begin to grow regarding the accuracy of Seldon and Snowdon’s account. While Lord Ashcroft revealed earlier this year that Seldon was getting Number 10 aides to read and correct draft chapters, there are concerns that other parties who have been written about have not been afforded the same luxury.
Speaking on LBC yesterday, a rather bothered Johnson claimed he had never received such a text from the Prime Minister. Nor, he says, had any of his staff.
What’s more, Johnson is not the only senior politician to encounter issues with the book.
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