Sajid Javid has turned his guns on Jeremy Hunt, arguing that the foreign secretary cannot “look the public in the eye” and that it would be better if he himself took on Boris Johnson for the Tory leadership.
Javid, the home secretary, said that because of the “incompetence” of Theresa May’s government in failing to deliver Brexit, voters were looking for a “change”, and that only he and Johnson — for different reasons — could represent them.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, Javid said Hunt was “an asset to the party” but added: “I don’t think he represents change. He set out his store and I don’t think it represents a real choice for the party and doesn’t represent a choice for
