John Major blasts Tory 'malcontents' looking to install a fourth PM since 2019 ... trends now
Sir John Major today blasted Tory MPs seeking to topple Rishi Sunak and install a fourth different prime minister since the 2019 general election.
The ex-premier, who led the Conservatives between 1990 to 1997, hit out at Tory 'malcontents' seeking to continue the party's infighting of recent years.
In a swipe at the turbulence seen at Westminster, Sir John said it was not 'conducive to high morale or good government'.
He lashed out at ex-PM Liz Truss's sacking of the Treasury's top civil servant when she entered No10, while he also did not spare Mr Sunak as he criticised his Rwanda asylum plan.
It came as Sir John teamed up with fellow former PM Gordon Brown to back calls for an overhaul of how Britain is run.
He claimed the UK's system of Cabinet government had become 'too large and cumbersome'.
Sir John Major blasted Tory MPs seeking to topple Rishi Sunak and install a fourth different prime minister since the 2019 general election
Sir John teamed up with fellow former PM Gordon Brown to back calls for an overhaul of how Britain is run
Speaking at the launch of a new report by the Institute for Government, Sir John said 'power is safest when it is spread around' as he called for decentralisation.
Commenting on the thinktank's year-long 'Commission On The Centre Of Government', he added: 'I strongly agree with the commission's first principle of maximum delegation from the centre departments to public bodies to local governments.
'In a democracy, power is safest when it is spread around, and if we fail to delegate, we waste rich resources of manpower and experience in every part of our political and administrative system.'
He agreed the Cabinet has become 'too large and cumbersome', but said there were 'practical drawbacks to a formal inner cabinet' proposed by the report, saying it would alienate those who are excluded.
'The commission's objective of a smaller
