Return of Boris Johnson would be ‘guaranteed disaster’, says Tory minister

Steve Baker said Boris Johnson’s return as PM would be a disaster (Aaron Chown/PA)

Boris Johnson would be a “guaranteed disaster” and his administration would “implode” if he returned as British prime minister, according to a Conservative minister.

Steve Baker’s intervention came during a fresh round of blows traded by Conservative MPs in support of their favoured leadership candidate during the Sunday morning broadcast interviews.