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Boris Johnson was an “abject failure” as Prime Minister, in accordance with a Reform MP who says his get together can type the following Government – and do not want his assist to do it.

Rupert Lowe stated he wouldn’t need Mr Johnson within the Reform ranks if the previous Tory chief makes an attempt to make a comeback.

He stated: “He’s had a play with the toy set and he singularly failed.”

Mr Lowe, who took Great Yarmouth from the Conservatives on the final election, additionally pushed again at the opportunity of a Tory-Reform link-up forward of the following election.

He pointed to how then-Brexit Party chief Nigel Farage stood down candidates in Tory-held seats in 2019, serving to pave the best way for Mr Johnson’s landslide win.

He stated: “Nigel stood down in all the Tory seats last time and gave Boris an 80-seat majority. Tell me what he did with it…

“He didn’t even do Brexit well. We had the Northern Ireland protocol so we got most of Britain out but we left a leg in the wretched socialist empire in Europe.”

Mr Lowe stated he didn’t “dream” of Mr Johnson – who was a pivotal determine within the 2016 Vote Leave marketing campaign – quitting the Tories to affix Reform.

He stated: “Boris, I think, was an abject failure. [It is] certainly not my dream.

“No, I think it is extraordinary that Boris is still in the betting to be the next prime minister. It’s bizarre.”

He acknowledged this is able to be a matter for get together chief Mr Farage however stated: “Would we want him? I certainly wouldn’t.”

His feedback come as concern mounts in Tory circles about the specter of Reform splitting the centre-Right vote. In the summer time election, the Tories gained 6,828,925 votes and 121 seats whereas Reform took 4,117,610 votes and 5 constituencies.

Mr Johnson has been invited to remark.