Sacked Tory rebel MP Sir Nicholas Soames says Boris Johnson is "nothing like" his grandfather Sir Winston Churchill – and called Jacob Rees-Mogg an "absolute fraud".

Sir Nicholas, 71, tore into the Prime Minister and his right-hand man in a scathing interview as "unreliable" Mr Johnson's Brexit strategy lay in tatters.

The MP for 37 years said of the PM: "Boris Johnson is nothing like Winston Churchill.

"I don't think anyone has called Boris a diplomat or statesman.

"We all know the pluses and minuses, everyone he has worked for says the same thing: he writes beautifully [but he's] deeply unreliable."

And of Mr Rees-Mogg, he was even more unforgiving, telling the Times: "He is in serious danger of believing his own shtick.

"He is an absolute fraud, he is a living example of what a moderately cut double-breasted suit and a decent tie can do with an ultra-posh voice and a bit of ginger stuck up his arse."

Sir Nicholas blasted Mr Rees-Mogg after the Leader of the House was pictured slouching on the front bench like a sunbed as the Prime Minister suffered one of several humiliating defeats this week.

Churchill's grandson said it was "bloody bad manners" and he wanted to kick him "firmly in the arse", saying the scene was "repulsive".

The Prime Minister, who was seven months old when Churchill died in January 1965, is said to model himself on the former prime minister and wrote a biography on the wartime hero, who was crowned the greatest Briton in a BBC poll in 2002.

Sir Nicholas, a former defence minister, said he can see no "helpful analogy" between the two leaders and Mr Johnson has not been acting like a statesman.

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