This sounds more and more like the plot of a Jeffrey Archer novel.
Jo is spot-on; he knows what most of Parliament and the country at large does; Boris is not working in the national interest.
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"So you're not like the Milliband Brothers then, Boris was asked by an Australian journalist, provoking what he called "an instant rebuke".
"Absolutely not," he replied. "We don't do things that way, that's a very left-wing thing... only a socialist could do that to his brother, only a socialist could regard familial ties as being so trivial as to shaft his own brother."
As Boris struggled with defeats in parliament and the defection or sacking for senior Conservatives for opposing his Brexit plans, Jo announced that he was quitting politics altogether - as both a minister and a member of parliament.
Jo tweeted: "It's been an honour to represent Orpington for 9 years & to serve as minister under three PMs. In recent weeks I've been torn between family loyalty and the nationals interest - it's an unresolved tension & time for others to take on my roles and MP & Minister #overandout."
Loyal to his brother, Jo resisted invitations to comment further. But the meaning of his resignation was clear. He is giving up his political career because he can no longer serve his brother because, he believes, Boris is no longer working in the "national interest."
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https://news.sky.com/story/sky-views...hnson-11804099