Now Boris Johnson’s Sister Puts The Boot In And Accuses Him Of Using Commons As A ‘Bully Pulpit’

Boris Johnson’s sister has criticised his behaviour, saying it was “not helpful” to blame parliament for his Brexit difficulties, and claiming that he used the Commons despatch box as a “bully pulpit”.

Rachel Johnson said his attack on parliament was a “strongman gambit” designed to “whip up” support.

She said: “I love him very much, and he is a different person in the Commons.”

Johnson, a prominent Remain supporter, told BBC Radio 4′s World at One: “What we saw yesterday and today in the Commons is a very divided country.

“But to say that parliament is at fault is not helpful, because parliament is also divided, and it’s reflecting the division in the country.”

She suggested that the prime minister’s performance on Wednesday evening was the “kind of strongman gambit that has been proved to work”.