Ken Clarke dismisses Boris Johnson’s proposal for £200m boat in government row over funding
The former Tory chancellor, Ken Clarke, has dismissed Boris Johnson’s plan for a new Royal Yacht Britannia as “silly populist nonsense” amid a continuing internal government row about funding for the £200m vessel.
Lord Clarke said Johnson’s latest vanity project showed that some in No 10 believe there is “free money” despite public finances being stretched by the pandemic.
