It’s no secret that quite a few Tory MPs think Boris Johnson is on manoeuvres and must be stopped. But none are as vocal as his former deputy in the Foreign Office, Alan Duncan.
He recently tweeted that ‘I’m sorry, but this is the political end of Boris Johnson. If it isn’t now, I will make sure it is later.’ I asked him why he had responded in such a way, and we had an interesting conversation that I suggested we put on the record. He agreed, and we met recently in his Westminster home. What follows is an edited transcript of the conversation.
FN: You attacked Boris in pretty forthright terms on Twitter. Why?
AD: We are at a very critical moment, where if we get this wrong, we have no Brexit, no government, Corbyn. We may even have a period of parliament finding it very difficult to get any proper government together.
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