In a last-ditch attempt to prevent what could be a Labour supermajority, Boris Johnson has appeared on the campaign trail for the first time.
The former Prime Minister told an audience in central London that a Sir Keir Starmer government would "destroy so much of what we have achieved".
Rumours have been floating around for a number of weeks that Mr Johnson would assist his former Chancellor, though questions were raised about the relationship of the two.
Mr Johnson alluded to those last night, saying: "Whatever our differences they are trivial to the disaster we may face."
"None of us can sit back as a Labour government prepares to use a sledgehammer majority to destroy so much of what we have achieved, what you have achieved," he added.
Mr Johnson was at the helm at the last General Election as the Tories won 365 seats to Labour's 203.
Five years on, polls are predicting that the Tories will do well to get near what Labour won in 2019.
Mr Johnson added: "Poor old Starmer is so terrified of disobeying left wing dogma that he's reluctant to explain the difference between a man and a woman, and he just he just sits there with his mouth opening and shutting like a stunned mullet," he went on.
"Do we want this kind of madness? Do we want ever higher taxes? Do we want more wokery imposed on our schools? And yet this is coming now."
Meanwhile, Lib Dem Deputy leader Daisy Cooper said the appearance of the ex-PM was an "insult to everyone who made heartbreaking sacrifices during the pandemic".