Ewan McGregor has branded Boris Johnson a "spineless c**t" for pulling out of the Tory leadership race. 

Don't mess with Obi Wan Kenobi, OKAY?!

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Turning to Twitter to vent his frustrations like most of the UK after Brexit, the Star Wars and Trainspotting actor pulled no punches as he laid into the politician for leading the Brexit campaign yet refusing to step up and handle the fallout. 

McGregor's tweet - which has now been liked nearly 80,000 times too - says: "You spineless c$&t.

"You lead this ludicrous campaign to leave EU. Win, and now fuc& off to let someone else clear up your mess."

The former Mayor of London was the bookies' favourite to succeed Cameron as Conservative leader and Prime Minister, but in a speech in London yesterday – billed as his campaign launch – Boris said he did not believe he could provide the leadership or unity needed.

He said the UK's Brexit vote was a chance to "restore Britain's standing as an independent sovereign" and "our moment to stand tall in the world" but "having consulted colleagues and in view of the circumstances in Parliament, I have concluded that person cannot be me".