Carrie Johnson has blamed “sour ex-officials” for allegations she has an excessive amount of influence over govt policy.
Mrs Johnson’s function in Downing Street is underneath recent scrutiny after a biography containing recent claims about her desirous to “keep watch over everything” was once serialised in a Sunday newspaper.
Lord Ashcroft’s ebook claimed that she used her husband’s phone to direct his personnel all the way through his management marketing campaign, with advisers believing the instructions had come from him, and had orchestrated the sacking of a member of workforce she did not like.
The claims come after months of criticism of Mrs Johsnon from Tory MPs, who consider she exerts too much affect on coverage making and staffing in Downing Side Road while their opinions are overpassed.
Lord Ashcroft, writing in the Mail, said his research had prompt her “behaviour is combating him from leading Britain as successfully because the electorate deserve”.
It has been alleged that Mrs Johnson has been stuck up in a number of scandals concerning the Top Minister, including suggestions she driven for the luxury redecoration of the flat the couple percentage in No ELEVEN Downing Boulevard and was once key within the evacuation of animals from the Nowzad charity from Kabul.
No 10 has denied Mr and Mrs Johnson had any involvement within the evacuation.
‘Too sexy and clever’
The book additionally claims that Mrs Johnson forced out a special adviser, Ellie Lyons, as a result of she thought she used to be “too sexy and wise”.
Different adviser Ellie Lyons, centre, was once allegedly compelled out of Downing Boulevard for being ‘too horny and clever’
On Sunday, Mrs Johnson’s spokeswoman dismissed the claims as a “brutal briefing campaign against her through enemies of her husband”.
“This Is just the most recent attempt by way of bitter ex-officers to discredit her,” the spokeswoman stated.
“She is an individual particular person who plays no function in Government.”
Mrs Johnson is understood to have fallen out with a bunch of Mr Johnson’s advisers, including his former chief aide Dominic Cummings.
On Sunday she used to be also defended through Kwasi Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, who stated the ire aimed toward her was “interesting”.
“The reportage that someway she’s were given undue influence, i do not suppose that is precise,” he mentioned.
“The Top Minister has been in politics for 25 years and has a beautiful robust set of ideas.”
Sarah Vine, who lately separated from Michael Gove, said claims about Mrs Johnson’s function in Downing Boulevard have been sexist.
“the difficulty is, it’s always the very best thing to do responsible the woman and the reality is much more sophisticated than that,” she advised the BBC.
“If Boris Johnson has given Carrie an excessive amount of get right of entry to or too much leeway, that is sort of his fault. he is the individual in charge. he’s the Prime Minister.”
She brought: “the way in which that she’s being portrayed as this… i know that the nickname Carrie Antoinette is witty and a good pun and all of us love a fair pun, but I just do not believe her head merits to be on the block on this manner.”
‘Political slut shaming’
Ms Vine stated that assaults on Mrs Johnson have been “the an identical of political slut shaming”.
In Lord Ashcroft’s e book, John Whittingdale the previous cabinet minister who Mrs Johnson in the past worked for, said the affect she was mentioned to have was erroneous.
“Yes, I Am certain Boris and Carrie talk about things in a way that earlier spouses would not, because they have been much less political,” he mentioned. “Samantha Cameron had little pastime in politics. Philip May did not have an excellent knowledge of politics.
“This Is the primary time the PM’s spouse has been a dedicated political activist and had knowledge and revel in of operating in politics, so in fact it is going to be mentioned. However she’s very good. She urged me for 15 months, so i do know she’s just right,” he’s stated to have mentioned.
He added: “Carrie gets a difficult time. It upsets her and that i really feel sorry for her. It’s a horny lonely existence. i believe they have got struggled. She doesn’t see as a lot of Boris as she’d like as a result of he is looking to run the country.’
