11:23When he was interviewed by the Observer, Sajid Javid, the communities secretary, conveniently claimed he was out of time when asked if he thought Theresa May should lead the party into the next general election. Alex Wickham (@WikiGuido) Sajid Javid stands up and leaves interview when asked if May should lead Tories into next election pic.twitter.com/3HhaAT9GkRHe now seems to have had time to clarify his thinking. She has the backing of her the cabinet her ministers, the party, we are all united. Javid dismissed the idea Boris Johnson was seeking to undermine May, and used the Boris-as-naughty-spaniel excuse common nowadays from ministers to explain the foreign secretary’s manoeuvres on Brexit. He said:We all know Boris, he can get a bit excited now and again.

Source: The Guardian October 01, 2017 07:46 UTC