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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason, Aubrey Allegretti and Peter Walker

Guto Harri: fingers point to PM’s ‘gaffe-prone’ comms chief after downfall

Guto Harri, Boris Johnson’s communications director, outside 10 Downing Street.
Guto Harri, Boris Johnson’s communications director, outside 10 Downing Street. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters

When he walked into Downing Street five months ago as Boris Johnson’s communications director, Guto Harri drew attention to himself with an interview that described his new boss as “not a complete clown”.

Now, in the postmortem and recriminations that inevitably follow any prime minister’s downfall, fingers are pointing at Harri over a tenure some describe as almost as gaffe-prone as that of his boss.

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