Old problems have resurfaced, and none of them were in the prime minister's carefully designed script.
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Even some Conservatives reckon the committee is likely to take a very dim view of what the PM did. "If he thinks he'll get a clean bill of health, he can think again," one says.Reviving memories of partygate, and the public upset and outrage that came alongside it, is hardly helpful for the Conservatives.
Labour reckon it's a coup to have a "grown up person preparing for a grown up government", according to one source. There is no doubt Ms Gray is a hugely experienced operator. It is worth noting that Ms Gray's report did not, in fact, throw the book at the former PM personally. Mr Johnson's eventual resignation came some months later.
Whether it's the spat over the hiring of Ms Gray or the furore over his views on the new Northern Ireland deal, "the shadow of Boris Johnson looms", says the MP. It "defies logic", they claim, that a "disgraced former PM" still occupies so much of his party's bandwidth. The Brexit deal, which still hasn't been approved by the DUP, does show that his head-down, no-drama approach can bear fruit.
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