My friend Robert Jenrick needs to stop trying to be Boris Johnson ...Middle East

In a parliamentary system, the need to work with colleagues and bring them along with you is paramount. It is also important that Members of Parliament and ministers support the leader.

Today, Kemi Badenoch is clearly in a tight spot. After 14 years in government, the party she leads is trying to recover from it worst defeat in its history.

I remember Boris Johnson was very much the same in the period between 2012, the year of the London Olympics, and 2016 when the Brexit vote happened. This all happened when David Cameron was Prime Minister. After Cameron left, Boris then resumed his role of the man who thought he would eventually be King, under Theresa May. He was always agitating or, more relevantly, he was perceived to be constantly agitating for the top job.

Jenrick entered parliament in 2014. He was sleek, disciplined and polished, very much the Cameron-era poster child for modern Conservatism.

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The major problem with all that is that the Tories already have a leader in the form of Badenoch, who, lest we forget, defeated the very same Jenrick in a leadership contest less than six months ago.

What happened? The threat from Reform and the fact that this new insurgent party is consistently outpolling the Conservatives is creating an air of increasing panic on the Tory benches.

Modern politics is notoriously fickle and impatient. Success must be immediate, or the leader must go. I remember the media and large parts of the Labour Party baying for Sir Keir Starmer’s blood after the Hartlepool by-election loss in 2021.

Badenoch has been in post for not even six months, but the demand for instant success is still insistent. She must attack the Government effectively, reorganise the party, and face down Farage all at the same time.

I’d say to Robert: “Don’t do this! Please be a team player, as I know your inclination lies in that direction. Your ambition is best served by loyalty. Above all, don’t be a Boris!”

Kwasi Kwarteng is a former Conservative MP. He served as chancellor between September and October 2022 under Liz Truss.

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