No one in this chamber or outside it should have any confidence in this government

Barry intervened in yesterday’s debate (18 July) in the House of Commons on the confidence vote in Boris Johnson’s government, describing the so-called caretaker prime minister as a “reckless narcissist”.

“Are there any two words in the entire English language that describe this PM less than ‘care’ and ‘taker’?” Barry asked.

He said it was clear that the neither Johnson’s cabinet colleagues or the public had any confidence in him, yet Tory MPs had left him in place because they refuse to call a general election as they have no confidence they would win it.

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