THE TROUBLE WITH CARRIE

‘IF BORIS JOHNSON HAS GIVEN CARRIE TOO MUCH ACCESS OR TOO MUCH LEEWAY, THAT’S SORT OF HIS FAULT’

SHE’S been called a puppet master pulling her husband’s strings, a woman who has mesmerised him to such an extent that he simply asks, “how high?” when she tells him to jump.

Princess Nut Nuts, Carrie Antoinette, Lady Macbeth – these are just some of the nicknames Carrie Johnson has been called during the time her husband has been prime minister of the United Kingdom. It’s largely because of her that Boris Johnson is such trouble, her critics say – and her critics are many.

While Boris fights for his political life