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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Peter Walker Political correspondent

New government ‘cost of living tsar’ called for Boris Johnson to resign

David Buttress tweeted in January this year: ‘Boris has to go, he just has to.’
David Buttress tweeted in January this year: ‘Boris has to go, he just has to.’ Photograph: Just Eat/PA

A business executive unveiled on Monday as the government’s “cost of living business tsar” called earlier this year for Boris Johnson to resign, in one of a series of tweets criticising the prime minister and aspects of government policy, it has emerged.

David Buttress, the co-founder and former chief executive of the takeaway delivery app Just Eat, is also a strong supporter of Welsh independence, saying this was needed because Westminster was filled with “Boris Johnsons and right-wing extremism”.

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