Boris Johnson ‘is planning to QUIT as PM in six months because he is struggling to recover from coronavirus’ claims Dominic Cummings’ castle-owning father-in-law Humphry Wakefield
- Baronet is said to have made the claim to a visitor to his Northumberland castle
- Reportedly likened the PM to a horse knackered through working while injured
- His journalist daughter Mary is married to Cummings and they have a son
Boris Johnson is planning to quit as Prime Minister in six months time because he is struggling to recover from coronavirus, if his top aide’s father-in-law is to be believed.
Sir Humphrey Wakefield, whose journalist daughter Mary is married to Dominic Cummings, is said to have made the claim to a holidaymaker who visited his castle in Northumberland.
The baronet, 84, likened the Prime Minister to a horse that is made to work while injured, leaving it permanently lame, according to the Times.
‘If you put a horse back to work when it’s injured it will never recover,’ it reported him as saying.
No10 this morning said the claim was ‘total nonsense’.
Sir Humphrey Wakefield, whose journalist daughter Mary is married to Dominic Cummings, is said to have made the claim to a holidaymaker who visited his castle in Northumberland
Mr Johnson (pictured while on his Scottish holiday last week) spent more than a week in hospital with coronavirus in early April, including a stint in intensive care.
Sir Humphry is the father of Mr Cummings’ (pictured) wife, the journalist Mary Wakefield. The couple married in 2011 and have one child together.
Mr Johnson spent more than a week in hospital with coronavirus in early April, including a stint in intensive care.
And many of those who have suffered report still suffering the lingering effects of its attack on their systems months after leaving hospital or their home sick bed.
It is not the first time Sir Humphry, who owns Chillingham Castle near Bamburgh, has found himself in the political spotlight
In February he made an astonishing intervention in the Home Office bullying row involving Priti Patel.
The aristocrat, a friend of Prince Philip, accused mandarins who have squared up to the Home Secretary of acting to protect their ‘relaxed life’.
Sir Humphry owns Chillingham Castle (pictured) in Northumberland
The aristocratic interior designer and antiques expert, used a letter sent from the 13th century fortress to attack ‘relaxed disciplines’ in offices whose fans paint any attempt at changing the environment as bullying.
Two senior civil servants were forced out of the Home Office after clashing with Ms Patel, 47, and an internal report into the affair has so far not been released.
In a missive to the Times from his home the baronet said: ‘I have worked in many long established offices around the world. Almost invariably, relaxed disciplines have become the norm.
‘I have found it near impossible to change old habits without appearing to ”bully”.
‘Throwing chilling water on attempted inspiration is a special skill of department leaders whose relaxed life is under threat.’
Sir Humphry is the father of Mr Cummings’ wife, the journalist Mary Wakefield. The couple married in 2011 and have one child together.