Rishi Sunak opens door to disgraced ex-PM Boris Johnson returning as minister

Rishi Sunak has not dominated out Boris Johnson returning to the Cabinet as he revealed that they nonetheless converse.

The former buddies ran towards one another within the Tory management contest following the resignation of Liz Truss. In an interview with ITV ’s Tonight programme, Mr Sunak was requested if he misses the ex-PM and would have him again as a Cabinet minister.

“I’m proud of the work that we did together. And we worked well together for a long time. In the end there are, you know, well-documented differences,” he replied. When pushed on whether he’d have Mr Johnson back, he said: “Well, I by no means discuss these personnel issues, however look, I, you already know, I converse to him every now and then.” Asked when he last spoke to him, he said: “I am unable to keep in mind, in all probability late final 12 months.”

Mr Johnson last year quit as an MP in disgrace ahead of the publication of a damning report that found he lied and lied and lied about Partygate. Mr Sunak served as Chancellor when he was PM, but resigned a couple of months before he was kicked out of No10 following a disagreement over economic policy. Former Tory leader David Cameron last year made an unexpected Cabinet comeback when Mr Sunak appointed him as Foreign Secretary.

The PM used the interview to insist Tory plots towards him are “miniscule” as he admitted “voters don’t vote for divided parties”. “Actually I think that the vast majority of our party is united,” he stated. “Obviously recently we’ve been having some debates on illegal migration but actually the debates within our party are minuscule compared to the chasm on this issue between us and Keir Starmer.”

No10 has launched a brand new image of Mr Sunak as a younger little one to coincide with the ITV interview. In the present, he opens up in regards to the racism he skilled as a toddler, and talks about his mom being eager for her youngsters to not converse with an accent.

“You are conscious of being different…. And obviously I experienced racism as a kid,” he stated. “I was with my younger brother and sister when I was with them in town at a restaurant, a fast-food restaurant, and people were saying some awful things. And the thing about racism, I mean, it stings you in a way that few other things do.”

He went on: “My parents felt it acutely because they were so keen for us to be able to fit in. “One of the things my mum was obsessed with was that we didn’t speak with accents and we, you know, we would speak properly.”

The documentary marks the first time cameras have captured Mr Sunak and his family at home in No10. At the Downing Street flat, his wife Akshata Murty said the PM struggles to fit in time with his family. Asked if they get much time together, she said: “Not a lot in any respect. We try to do an enormous household breakfast on the weekend the place Rishi does a lot of the cooking. Full English breakfast.” She added that he’s a “superb cook dinner”.