Ignominy of committee appearance and feeble Brexiter rebellion suggest ex-PM has run out of road, but allies disagree
When Boris Johnson was still in Downing Street, the sound of “bye bye, Boris” being blasted out at full volume to the Bay City Rollers’ tune by campaigners on the streets outside was a regular feature of Westminster life.
The song returned for the first time in months on Wednesday as the House of Commons’s privileges committee met to take evidence from the former prime minister. Afterwards, one Conservative MP, hands over their ears, was overheard remarking darkly: “It really is bye bye, Boris this time.”
