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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Mikey Smith

John Major says top Tories only ousted Boris Johnson when staying quiet was 'self-damaging'

Former PM Sir John Major lashed out at Tory ex-ministers for only ousting Boris Johnson when it was "self-damaging" to stay quiet.

The ex-Tory leader told a committee of MPs the blame for "lapses" in standards lay "principally but not only with the Prime Minister".

But he lashed out at Mr Johnson's former ministers and supporters, saying: "Many in the cabinet are culpable too and so are many outside the cabinet who cheered him on.

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