Boris: I could have saved Britain from ‘insane Marxist Labour party’

Last night former prime minister Boris Johnson hosted his official book launch for new memoir ‘Unleashed’. The ex-Tory leader welcomed former colleagues and allies to the London launch on Tuesday evening, which was complete with a book signing ahead of the tome’s publication date this week. Never one to resist a dig at his political opponents, Johnson opened with a quick quip at the current Prime Minister:

[My publisher] Arabella here has commissioned, for a princely sum of £18,000 in advance, [Keir Starmer] to write his vision for Britain. And, of course, he strained and strained – to be completely unable to come up with anything. And so, my friends, he has done an astonishing thing. He handed the money back. And that is why Mr Harper and Mr Collins can afford to have this party tonight – because of Keir Starmer’s totally uncharacteristic decision to hand back a donation. So cheers, Keir!

Shots fired! Going on in what was not exactly an exercise in modesty, the ex-premier added: ‘It grieves me in a way to see what’s going on in politics today.