Did somebody say just quit?
Just Eat boss (& Tory tsar) raged online at the PM
BORIS Johnson’s new cost of living tsar believes the PM is not “particularly blessed” with “intelligence or integrity” and has demanded he quit over Partygate.
In tweets which emerged yesterday, David Buttress, founder of Just Eat, said voting Tory in Wales was “self harm”, and accused the Government of “prejudice, lack of common decency and humanity” over its treatment of asylum seekers.
Mr Johnson appointed multimillionaire Mr Buttress to “work with the private sector to develop new business-led initiatives to help people struggling with the squeeze on living standards”.
A Labour source quipped: “We don’t often welcome
Boris Johnson’s hires, but this guy appears to have great judgment.” In a tweet sent in January, when the PM was under fire over Partygate, Mr Buttress asked: “Why is it that the worst people often rise to the highest office and stay there!?” He said: “Boris has to go, he just has to. You can’t survive judgement like this.”
In March, he posted: “A person’s character is formed from many places and experiences. ‘Surprisingly’, Eton, Oxford, into politics and then Prime Minister doesn’t necessarily capture the best gene pool.” On April 26, the supporter of independence for Wales, fumed over the “cost of decades of Westminster Conservative neglect of Wales”.
In separate tweets, he said: “Never confuse an expensive education with intelligence or integrity. I don’t think Boris is particularly blessed with either.
“Does anyone believe he would be PM on merit? Not a chance, mate.”
In December, he posted of the “prejudice, lack of common decency and humanity this government is showing the refugees crossing the channel”. He said: “We need to show these poor people... they are very welcome here.”
Mr Johnson’s spokesman said Mr Buttress’s tweets were “not relevant” to his role.