Johnson told me it would be ‘ludicrous’ for him to become PM, claims Cummings

Vote Leave mastermind Mr Cummings used a blog post to claim that he knew that Mr Johnson was “unfit to be PM”, adding: “We also knew that he knew too, since he’d told us.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson assumed the role in 2019. Picture: Alberto Pezzali/PA Wire

Boris Johnson admitted in 2016 that it would be “ludicrous” for him to become Britain's Prime Minister, according to his former adviser Dominic Cummings.

The former chief aide reignited his war of words with Number 10 by revealing a conversation he claims to have had with Mr Johnson, in his latest attack on his former boss and the British Government.