Mr Barclay, who was appointed Health Secretary by Mr Johnson after Sajid Javid dramatically quit the role and helped trigger a wave of resignations that ended in his downfall, defended his former boss on Sunday. Asked on Sky’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday show whether the former prime minister was “toast”, he replied: “No, I think Boris has a huge role to play. Mr Johnson appeared flustered when he was approached by Sky News at an airport in Washington DC on Friday and quizzed about entries from his ministerial diary which have been referred to two forces. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said he believes the public is “fed up to the back teeth” with stories about the former prime minister. “These are deeply personal things and increasing revelations about Boris Johnson, I think, just add to that sense of hurt and people are fed up with it,” he told broadcasters on Friday.

Source: The Times May 28, 2023 12:24 UTC