Why Nigel Adams peerage veto is blow for Carrie Johnson too

The ex-PM’s wife had political and social links to the former minister – including a day trip to the races – before she started her relationship with Boris, writes Simon Walters

Carrie Johnson and Nigel Adams at Cheltenham Racecourse (Carrie Johnson/Instagram)

Boris Johnson is not the only member of his family who will be dismayed by the decision to block a peerage for ex-Tory minister Nigel Adams.

Mr Adams’s friend Carrie Johnson is likely to be disappointed too.

Her links to Mr Adams, 56, who resigned as MP for Selby and Ainsby in North Yorkshire after having his peerage vetoed, date back to before she and Mr Johnson became an item.