In what have been a turbulent few weeks for Boris Johnson, the imminent release of Lord Ashcroft’s biography of the prime minister’s wife is adding to his woes.
Extracts published from the book “First Lady: Intrigue at the Court of Carrie and Boris Johnson” accuse the prime minister’s wife of being the “the No 1 problem” in Johnson’s administration.
The prime minister’s wife is accused of “muscling in” – to the point of literally whispering prompts in Johnson’s ear on occasion. An example includes accusations she was involved in a decision to airlift animals out of Afghanistan while stretched government officials were trying to work out how to save people at Kabul airport during the UK’s withdrawal.
