Foreign Office adviser quits after saying ‘liability’ Boris Johnson should be forced out
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Foreign Office adviser quits after saying ‘liability’ Boris Johnson should be forced out

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Foreign Office adviser has quit after saying Boris Johnson should leave No 10 and is “a liability” who is “in the wrong job”. Baroness Morrissey was asked, on LBC Radio, whether she wanted Mr Johnson “to carry on as prime minister”, following the huge blow of 148 Tory MPs voting against him in the no-confidence vote. “I think there’ll be further challenges and I know there’s discussions about the practicalities of that.” Baroness Morrissey argued the booing of the prime minister during the Jubilee celebrations showed “he had actually become a liability rather than an asset in some ways”. She expressed hope that he would be able to “go with dignity”, adding: “He’s a very talented person, he’s just in the wrong job.” The resignation is the first since Monday’s no-confidence vote, despite expectations that some ministers might walk out – to try to foment the revolt against the prime minister.

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