Nadhim Zahawi says it was a mistake for Tories to force Boris Johnson from No 10

‘I wish we had held our nerve,’ Nadhim Zahawi said. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

Former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has said he and his Conservative colleagues were wrong to force out Boris Johnson as prime minister in 2022.

Johnson resigned after less than three years in No 10 after more than 50 resignations from government of MPs and staff and waves of backbenchers urging him to quit over the handling of the Chris Pincher affair and numerous other scandals. He resigned as an MP a year later.