Chris Patten, speaking on Radio 4:
As Boris Johnson looks to rebuild his Downing Street operation, we’ve heard some scathing words from former Conservative chairman Chris Patten.
He tells Radio 4’s World at One: “I’ve always thought the show was likely to end in disaster.”
Patten says Johnson’s leadership has been particularly scarred in the “last act” by the prime minister’s “scurrilous attack” on Sir Keir Starmer and the false claim that the Labour leader failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile.
The former MP goes on to criticise the prime minister's character, referring to him as a “moral vacuum” and a “symptom of what’s gone wrong” with the Conservative party.
He says people need to stand up to the right wing of the party which he describes as a “Johnsonian cult.”
As Boris Johnson looks to rebuild his Downing Street operation, we’ve heard some scathing words from former Conservative chairman Chris Patten.
He tells Radio 4’s World at One: “I’ve always thought the show was likely to end in disaster.”
Patten says Johnson’s leadership has been particularly scarred in the “last act” by the prime minister’s “scurrilous attack” on Sir Keir Starmer and the false claim that the Labour leader failed to prosecute Jimmy Savile.
The former MP goes on to criticise the prime minister's character, referring to him as a “moral vacuum” and a “symptom of what’s gone wrong” with the Conservative party.
He says people need to stand up to the right wing of the party which he describes as a “Johnsonian cult.”