Jeremy Hunt today said he “dodged a bullet” by not winning the Conservative Party leadership race against Boris Johnson.
The former health secretary ran against Mr Johnson in the race to succeed Theresa May as the next Conservative Party leader last year.
But he told Sky News on Wednesday: “I’ve certainly dodged a bullet, there’s no question when you look at the year that poor Boris has had.
“It’s been a very tough year for anyone who was Prime Minister, there’s absolutely no question about it.
“To deal with a pandemic completely unprecedented. I would have loved to have done the job but I recognise that Boris Johnson did something very important which is he got an 80 seat majority for the Conservatives.
“Whether or not you love or loathe the Conservatives we do now have political stability.”
He said Mr Johnson did “very kindly” offer him a job in the Cabinet but added: “But I wanted to spend a bit more time with my kids.”
