Some people have taken this tweet as me saying John Major was a great PM? He wasn’t , he really really wasn’t.

@MimiJ9 But still a tory.

@hastingspier64 Obvs, comparing more between him and Johnson’s lot.

@MimiJ9 Whatever his flaws as PM (and I'd certainly never have voted for him) he's turned out to be arguably the best Ex-PM in living memory...

@mike42w I’d argue with that. Gordon Brown just nicks it for me.

@MimiJ9 Brilliant. Coruscating.

@MimiJ9 It says something that if we have to have a Tory government that you wish John Major was the PM.

@deficit_the It’s depressing

@MimiJ9 His general demeanour of understatement means that his barbs are effectively more pronounced and startling. Also his economy with words is very effective when compared to Johnson's waffle and Rees-Mogg's non-sequiters.

@MimiJ9 @jrk47 Yep, just been saying that.

@MimiJ9 He is of the old school of Conservatives. They don’t like Johnson’s lot. I have great respect for his views.

@MimiJ9 So agree - just listened to the R4 interview. We need politicians like him to stop the rot and fast!!

@MimiJ9 Absolutely bang on, imagine a politician who actually understood the consequences of decisions they were about to make

@MimiJ9 Easily the best living prime minister. It's not even a competition.

@MimiJ9 @Allyjambo He also always had a backbone.

@MimiJ9 Ditto Gordon Brown!

@MimiJ9 He always had the country's needs as a priority - and was far more socialist that Lionel (oops! Sorry - Tony) Blair.