Boris Johnson, the favorite to become Britain’s next prime minster, used his trademark lyrical language to dismiss claims he worked closely with Steve Bannon as “codswallop.”

The hard-line former aide to President Trump made a cameo appearance in the British Conservative Party leadership race at the weekend when video emerged of him claiming he offered advice by text message ahead of Johnson’s resignation as foreign secretary last year.

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