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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Walters

Boris Johnson described Theresa May as a ‘giant yucca tree under whose shade everything dies’

The full scale of Boris Johnson’s contempt for former prime minister Theresa May is revealed in detail today by one of his closest former aides.

Mr Johnson, who succeeded Ms May as prime minister in 2019, compared her to a “giant yucca tree under whose shade everything dies”. And on hearing Ms May had decided to call a snap general election in 2017, he said: “What the f*** happens when the public sees her?”

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