Divisions within Britain’s ruling Conservative party have continued to deepen as its maverick ex-leader Boris Johnson was urged by a former colleague on Tuesday to embrace “self-imposed silence in exile”.
The advice comes a day after the current UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, traded barbs with the man who, in a Trumpian echo, has complained of a “witch-hunt” after a dramatic fall from grace that culminated in his surprise decision on Friday to quit parliament.
