Rudd attacks 'two-faced' Johnson over his memoir

Boris Johnson is accused of being “two-faced” and “untruthful” in his controversial memoir in an outspoken intervention by his Tory nemesis Amber Rudd.

- SIMON WALTERS

Former home secretary Ms Rudd, known for her provocative “not safe in taxis” jibe at the former prime minister in a TV clash, says his autobiography is more akin to the Beano comic than a serious book.

In a withering new put down she calls him “Johnson the Janus” – a reference to the Roman god Janus who faced both ways and which has become a euphemism for “two-faced” or “deceitful”.

Mr Johnson’s book, Unleashed, is the product of his “split personality” and reads like “Billy Bunter let loose in Westminster”, writes Ms Rudd in an article for The Independent. The book shows he has “no integrity” and only ever does “what suits him best”, she claims.