"That’s the last time he walks down the road like Kim Kardashian, preening for the cameras like the spoilt lord of Barnard Castle. In future advisers will go round the back and let the elected prime minister use the front door."
Reaction as the Prime Minister's chief aide is booted out of the front door.
His departure will rob the prime minister of a convenient human shield. From here on, the buck stops with Boris.
Not one to miss an opportunity to wave the saltire and celebrate a Scottish success story, Nicola Sturgeon - the first minister - quickly joined in the party on Twitter.
Boris Johnson has risked considerable political capital on a man who will now leave as soon as his pet project is done.
“We’ve all had a very significant shock to our economic system because of Covid-19 – the last thing we need now across all of our respective economies is a second major shock.”
Shadow Commons leader Valerie Vaz said: “It is no wonder the leader doesn’t want to return to remote voting, where you actually have to vote for yourself.
Accusing Sir Keir Starmer of “outright assault on the Left”, Williamson said it was “time to accelerate efforts to create a genuinely anti-imperialist, socialist party”. Does it matter?
The communications director is not the first person to walk away from Number 10