George Osborne has accused Boris Johnson of using Brexit for his own political gain and abandoning his “liberal” principles “to get to the top”, Eurasia Diary reports citing Yahoo News.
The former chancellor spoke to former leader of the Scottish Conservatives Ruth Davidson in a candid interview for radio station LBC on Monday.
During the interview he was asked by Ms Davidson about how he would compare the Boris Johnson he knew before he became Prime Minister to now.
“One of the good things about my life is I’ve known Boris Johnson for 25 years and he is enormously entertaining and engaging - and also a contradiction,” he said.
“He is a very talented, brilliant political operator, but often he’ll adopt causes to get himself to the top that I don’t agree with - including Brexit.”
Mr Osborne compared the Prime Minister to a Jekyll and Hyde character who is able to switch between conflicting political views.
“I always think when I look at Boris, I think he’s got what it takes to be the Prime Minister and he clearly fills the job,” he added.