Boris may be sacked

BRITISH Prime Minister Theresa May has signalled she could sack Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson as she tries to reassert her authority after a series of political disasters.

The Sunday Times said it asked Mrs May about her plans for Mr Johnson, who has professed loyalty but is accused by some of the prime minister’s allies of undermining her by putting forward his own vision for Britain’s exit from the European Union.

“It has never been my style to hide from a challenge and I’m not going to start now,” it quoted Mrs May as replying, in what it called a signal that she was prepared to bring in new ministers to her cabinet.

“I’m the PM, and part of my job is to make sure I always have the best people in my cabinet, to make the most of the wealth of talent available to me in the party.”