Tories at war – Downing Street slams “Begging Bowl” Boris

That Boris Johnson bounce over the Olympics was never going to be taken lying down by Downing Street, especially not after the reaction that cabinet ministers – and the PM himself – received at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. After Boris attacked proposals to build a third runway at Heathrow as “slightly mad”, Downing Street told the FT:

“We will see what happens the next time he comes around with the begging bowl”