Monday 21 November 2022 01:26 AM Queen 'would have avoided speaking to Boris Johnson if he tried to call snap ... trends now

Monday 21 November 2022 01:26 AM Queen 'would have avoided speaking to Boris Johnson if he tried to call snap ... trends now
Monday 21 November 2022 01:26 AM Queen 'would have avoided speaking to Boris Johnson if he tried to call snap ... trends now

Monday 21 November 2022 01:26 AM Queen 'would have avoided speaking to Boris Johnson if he tried to call snap ... trends now

The Queen 'would have avoided speaking to Boris Johnson if he had tried to call snap general election during his last days in office', officials claim in new book On July 6 Boris Johnson hinted he was considering calling snap general election But new book by Sebastian Payne claims he might have been stopped by Queen Journalist and author said 'magic triangle' of senior figures were ready to stop it Source quoted as saying No10 would be told the Queen couldn't come to phone  

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The Queen would have been 'unavailable' to talk to Boris Johnson if he had phoned her to speak about dissolving Parliament and calling a general election during his final days in power, a new book claims.

On July 6 Boris Johnson heavily hinted that he was considering calling a snap general election in a bid to get re-elected by the public amid attempts by Tory MPs to oust him over the Chris Pincher affair.

In the end it didn't come to that as Mr Johnson resigned the following day after dozens of ministers left his government.

But a new book by journalist and author Sebastian Payne suggests that even if Mr Johnson had tried to call an election, he might

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