Boris Johnson's notebooks were hidden from him in a 'national security alert'

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson had 25 notebooks confiscated by the government because the security services feared they contained highly sensitive material< /p> The notebooks belonging to Boris Johnson were retained (

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Boris Johnson is not receiving 25 of his notebooks from his prime minister's time because security services found pages containing highly sensitive information, we have learned.

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The government is said to have withheld the documents due to scrutiny by intelligence agencies who advise they should only be read by those with the highest level of security clearance.

And they must be "properly stored" if returned to Johnson, reports

It comes as Mr Johnson wrote his first column in the Daily Mail, giving him a powerful platform to take down Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with whom he has publicly clashed.

In his first column, Mr Johnson alludes to political betrayal - using quotes from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar about the Roman Emperor's relationship with Cassius.

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He claims to have noticed the weight loss of a cabinet colleague during his time in government and wonders how they achieved it.

"I immediately thought of Julius Caesar, and his preference for well-fed colleagues," he wrote.

“Let me have men around me who are fat,” the Roman dictator said shortly before his assassination. "Yond Cassius has a lean, hungry look. It turned out that Caesar was right to worry about Cassius."

The publication came shortly after the Advisory Committee on Professional Appointments (Acoba) - the anti-corruption watchdog - wrote to him on Friday demanding an explanation in the latest claim that he breached the standards expected from the office.

Mr. Johnson landed the job a day after becoming the first former prime minister to lie in the Commons when the damning report of his denials was published.

He has asked his supporters not to vote against the report as some claim fighting would show his lack of support within the party.

In the meantime, he is also accused of having violated the ministerial code by taking over...