Tuesday 5 July 2022 09:24 PM 'I am 100% behind him': Stanley Johnson gives support to son Boris who he ... trends now
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Boris Johnson's father tonight threw his support behind the beleaguered Prime Minister and insisted he would not quit Number 10, despite losing key cabinet colleagues.
After the resignations of Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid, Stanley Johnson blasted: 'There are people playing the man and not the ball.'
Mr Johnson added; 'I am 100 per cent behind him (Boris). One hundred per cent and I am absolutely convinced that he will carry on.'
Speaking exclusively to Mail Online, he added: 'I think he has done an absolutely brilliant job. I wasn't particularly in favour of leaving the EU as you know.
'But the country was completely stuck and he took us out and brought the country together.
'He was absolutely brilliant as far as Covid and I think he has been brilliant as far as the environment and biodiversity are concerned.
'He has shown tremendous leadership as far as the Ukrainian business is concerned.
Stanley Johnson (left) does not think the Chris Pincher controversy will cause his son to step down as Prime Minister, nor the resignations from ministers this evening
'And honestly if you ask me he is in the process of being brought down or challenged rather by people who
