Five times Boris’s new press chief attacked him

After the night of the long hangovers, what next for Boris Johnson’s No. 10 team? Following the departure of five top advisers on Thursday, the PM has tonight announced two replacements to try and rescue his sinking premiership. Cabinet minister Steve Barclay has taken up the reins as Johnson’s chief of staff while Guto Harri joins as director of communications. Barclay’s appointment will certainly raise eyebrows, given that he is already an elected MP serving as a constituency and will now be expected to work 16-18 hour days in Downing Street.

But Mr S is more intrigued by the hire of Harri, who previously worked as Johnson’s director of external affairs between 2008 and 2012 when he was mayor of London. Since then, Harri has been on something of a journey, including being forced out as a presenter for GB News last year after ‘taking the knee’ during one programme. Indeed the Welshman has made numerous disparaging comments about Johnson in his various capacities over the past decade, which suggests that the PM had, er, a tough time in finding someone who hadn’t slagged him off to come and join his team.