Boris Johnson made to ‘look like a chump’ as ex-aide shuns Tories in Lords

Baron Rosenfield of Muswell Hill became Boris Johnson’s chief of staff in January 2021 in a reorganisation after the departure of Dominic Cummings. Photograph: Martin Godwin/The Guardian

Boris Johnson’s former chief of staff Dan Rosenfield has decided not to sit on the Conservative benches following his elevation to the Lords in a move that has outraged some Tories, with one saying it made the former prime minister “look like a chump”.

Rosenfield, a former Treasury official, was one of several ex-aides nominated in June for peerages in Johnson’s resignation honours list.