Boris Johnson general election victory would be ‘disaster’, says Chris Patten

Former Conservative party chair says decision by Tory MPs to keep Johnson as leader was terrible weakness'

It will be a disaster" for the country if Boris Johnson wins the next general election, a former chair of the Conservative party has said as he called Tory MPs' decision to keep him as leader a terrible weakness".

Chris Patten said that if the prime minister remained in post, it would hasten the breakup" of the United Kingdom and result in Scotland being more likely to pursue independence.