The cabinet descended into rancour over Boris Johnson’s future last night after both Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak rebuked the prime minister.
One cabinet minister called for Johnson to dismiss Sunak, and two others accused the chancellor of being “on manoeuvres” after he criticised the prime minister for a personal attack on Sir Keir Starmer.
On Monday, as Johnson sought to fend off criticism over Downing Street parties, he accused Starmer, a former director of public prosecutions, of having failed to prosecute the paedophile Jimmy Savile. » | Steven Swinford, Political Editor | Oliver Wright, Policy Editor | Henry Zeffman, Associate Political Editor | Friday, February 4, 2022
