Boris JohnsonFormer mistress Petronella Wyatt said today the optimistic prime minister will not resign despite the crisis engulfing him.
Ms Wyatt, who had an affair with him between 2000 and 2004, insisted that the prospect of Boris simply stepping down “is as likely as Putin Pulling Ukraine back and saying it had all been a terrible mistake.”
Speaking at her home in St John’s Wood, LondonMs Wyatt predicted that the stubborn prime minister would dig his heels in the sand and fill his cabinet with yes men and women, insisting that his ego wouldn’t allow him to walk out of number 10 without a fight.
The former deputy editor of The Spectator, who became pregnant with his child and had an abortion during their affair, said he Downing Street would be his number one priority.
“Boris undoubtedly has talent and charisma, but unfortunately is devoid of humility or a shrewd understanding of the realities of a modern democracy.”
She revealed that a former Tory minister called her last night with the prediction that Boris would be gone before the end of the week.
But she said, “To know Boris as well as I do, I couldn’t agree more. Boris’ obsession with his own divine right will tear his party apart and cause collateral damage to the country.’
Boris Johnson’s former mistress Petronella Wyatt (pictured) said today that the optimistic prime minister’s ego would not allow him to leave number 10 without a fight, despite the crisis engulfing him
Boris Johnson pictured with a torrent of questions and criticism from MPs at PMQs today
Boris Johnson and Petronella Wyatt are pictured at The Spectator Magazine Summer Party at the Spectator Offices on Doughty Street – July 6, 2006
The Prime Minister’s father, Stanley Johnson, told MailOnline last night that his son had been worthy of his role as he completed the task of delivering Brexit.
But Ms Wyatt, 54, infringed Boris’ right to claim he was the mastermind behind Britain’s exit from the EU.
Boris’s remaining supporters can only repeat the mantra that ‘he did Brexit’. That in itself is questionable. Dominic Cummings, was the mastermind behind that feat.
“But even if it were true, Boris didn’t benefit from it. He won an impressive 80-seat majority against Jeremy Corbyn – hardly an impressive foe, mind you – and you can’t help but feel he has wasted it.”
Ms Wyatt, clearly still angry about her relationship with Boris, added: ‘The indigestible truth is that Boris and Putin share similarities. Johnson’s instincts are those of the dictator.
“He once told me that he idolized medieval kings because they “didn’t deal with voters” and “had a free ticket to do what they wanted.”
“In Boris’ universe he is king, not prime minister. †
She said the appointment of Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid as chancellor and health minister was ‘because they were ‘yes men’.
He hates cabinet government, is pathologically intolerant of competition and has appointed yes men and nodding puppets from the start.
“He would have been shocked that they didn’t agree with him anymore. He can’t stand indigestible truths.
“If he had had a strategy or beliefs beyond the belief that he should be in Downing Street, he might have gotten away with it.
“It’s a pity that he has no convictions, has always tried to avoid hard work and is bored with details.
“If a prime minister refuses to delegate, he or she, like Margaret Thatcher for example, must dedicate themselves to the work.
He has devoted himself to long stays with Checkers, raising a new family and playing the international statesman.
“He does not possess the essential gifts of self-knowledge and truthfulness.
Johnson pictured next to Wyatt in London in 2004
The former deputy editor of The Spectator, who became pregnant with his child and had an abortion during their affair, said a stay in Downing Street would be Boris’ first priority.
Boris is the best liar we’ve ever had as Prime Minister, and he’s successfully perpetuated the idea that all politicians lie, so he’s no worse than the next.
“This canard is unforgivable. My father, Woodrow Wyatt, was a politician for forty years and Margaret Thatcher and members of her cabinet were frequent guests at our home.
She doesn’t lie, though sometimes embezzlement is a necessary part of a politician’s arsenal. Thatcher, who had unquestionable sincerity, would have been horrified by Boris, not only by the man, but by his determination to cling inelegantly to his office to the detriment of the country.’
She said the man she knew would probably invest whatever resources available to Number 10 to save his premiership.
“This is a bad new way of doing politics, and it suggests total disregard for the electorate.
Boris’ special qualities once enabled him to emerge as a great populist politician.
“But even Tory voters have woken up to the indisputable and unpleasant fact that the Prime Minister is careless of their interests.”
In a revelation that will almost certainly drive more Tory supporters away, she claimed that Boris had an apparent disregard for the party’s voters during their relationship.
Wyatt was pictured on Good Morning Britain last month amid confidence vote on Boris .’s leadership
Boris barks back at MPs in the House of Commons today
She said: ‘I even remember him once telling me that most conservative voters were ‘dunderheads’ and ‘not worth worrying about’.
“These sentiments were also extended to Tory MPs. Boris thinks he has a 10-gallon intellect, but considers the intelligence of most of his colleagues to be on a par with invertebrates.
“I was shocked by his tenure as the Secretary of State and I remember there were complaints that he did not read his briefings and refused to listen to those who were more informed.
‘Against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, blunders can be covered up. When you’re prime minister, there’s nowhere to hide.
His refusal to follow advice has resulted in the departure of number 10 from every competent employee. For the past year, the nation has been led by a group of young men and women with no political qualifications except those of sycofancy. It is a bad prospect for the country. We deserve better than this. But as for Boris, he’s not going anywhere. And if his entire cabinet resigned, he would just appoint a new one.’
She called for his immediate resignation from Downing Street.
“He must go now, with dignity. It would be the greatest service he could do his country. But I’m not holding my breath.’