Sir Keir Starmer reveals he and Boris Johnson ‘loathed’ each other and never got on
SIR Keir Starmer has revealed he and Boris Johnson “loathed” each other and never got on behind the scenes.
The Labour chief said he “really couldn’t give a toss” about some of the nicknames BoJo gave him - including ‘Crasheroonie Snoozefest’.
But he said he had a “much better” relationship with the new PM, Rishi Sunak, and has even given him his number for emergencies.
Speaking to Matt Forde’s Political Party podcast last night, he said: “Johnson and I really loathed each other. It was obvious.
“We really never spoke behind the scenes very much.
“I really loathed him.”
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In a scathing put-down of the former PM, he added: “He didn’t stand for anything, he had no principles, he had no integrity, he lied through his teeth and he brings everybody down with him.
“Is there anybody who’s had any relationship with Johnson – in any sense of the word – who hasn’t ended up in the gutter?”
On the new PM, he said: “My personal relationship with him is much better.
“He phoned me the day he became Prime Minister, gave me his personal number and we said we would work together on things like Ukraine, if there was a terrorist incident, God forbid, or security issues.
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“But obviously, we would robustly argue with each other on everything else.
“So it is a different relationship, and a different relationship across the despatch box.”