Johnson accuses Sunak of ‘talking rubbish’ as rancour turns into slanging match
B
oris Johnson has accused Rishi Sunak of “talking rubbish” after the Prime Minister accused his predecessor of asking him to overrule the vetting committee to push via his House of Lords nominations.
The rancour between former Tory chief and his successor descended right into a public slanging match as Mr Sunak mentioned his one-time ally had requested him to “do something I wasn’t prepared to do”.
“I didn’t think it was right and if people don’t like that, then tough,” Mr Sunak mentioned on Monday in his first feedback since Mr Johnson dramatically resigned as an MP.
Publicly turning on the person he used to share Downing Street with, Mr Sunak instructed Mr Johnson needed him to disregard the suggestions of the House of Lords Appointments Commission (Holac).
But Mr Johnson’s camp accused the person who was his Chancellor of getting “secretly blocked” the peerages of former tradition secretary Nadine Dorries and different allies in his resignation listing.
The former prime minister launched a press release saying: “Rishi Sunak is talking rubbish.
“To honour these peerages it was not necessary to overrule Holac – but simply to ask them to renew their vetting, which was a mere formality.”