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A tweet from the founder of the Just Eat online food delivery service, David Buttress, earlier this year said Mr Johnson “just has to go” in the wake of the so-called Partygate saga. The social media post came to light less than 24 hours after Mr Buttress was appointed by the Government to help ease the cost of living crisis.

He was appointed by the Cabinet Office to help work with the private sector to develop new business-led initiatives to help people struggling with the squeeze on living standards.

Confirming the appointment last night, Cabinet Office minister Steve Barclay praised the entrepreneur for his “wealth of experience” and “vigour and ingenuity of business”.

But in a hugely embarrassing revelation for No10, Mr Buttress in January launched a personal attack on the integrity of Mr Johnson.

He wrote on Twitter on January 11: “Why is it that the worst people often rise to the highest office and stay there?

“For me, it isn’t important what job you do or your title, but it is vitally important why you do the job and what you achieve.

“Boris has to go, he has to.

“You can’t survive judgement like this.”

The tweet was sent the day after an email was leaked revealing No10 staff had been invited to a “bring your own booze” gathering in the Downing Street garden.

As many as 40 people are thought to have attended the function in May 2020 during the first national lockdown.

In further tweets that will make awkward reading for the Prime Minister, Mr Buttress said the Conservative leader did not have “intelligence or integrity”.

He said in March: “A person’s character is formed from many places and experiences. ‘Surprisingly’, Eton, Oxford, into politics and then Prime Minister doesn’t necessarily capture the best gene pool.

“Never confuse an expensive education with intelligence or integrity.

I don’t think Boris is particularly blessed with either, imagine if he had not had the many privileges he has experienced.”

Downing Street has sought to shrug off the comments from the new Government adviser, describing them as “not relevant” to his new position.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said this afternoon: “We want to get people with the right experience into important roles such as these.

“Anyone who looks at Mr Buttress’s CV can see that he is well-qualified to advise the Government in this specific area.

“Those views are not relevant to the role he is doing.”

More to follow…

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