Alastair Campbell brands Boris Johnson a 'useless, lying crook'

Boris Johnson is a “useless, lying crook”, Alastair Campbell has said, after the Tories lost two key by-elections on Thursday (23 June).

The former Labour spin doctor said that the country does not want Johnson as prime minister and his premiership is doing “incredible damage to [the country’s] standing in the world.”

“[The public] are fed up with this cabinet of nodding dogs propping him up...At least Oliver Dowden has had the guts to bark a little”, Campbell said.

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