Boris is trying to build up his backing as he looks to take on Sunak for a sensational - and controversial - return to Downing Street
The ex-PM has told MPs only he can win the next election for the Conservatives after Liz Truss's dreadful few weeks in No10 saw the Tories crash in the polls.
His former press secretary Will Walden told LBC's Nick Ferrari at Breakfast: "For Boris, the calculation will be not what’s in the national interest it’ll be what’s in my interest?"I would say at this stage, in spite of the fact he's jetting back from his holiday – I think that tells you a lot about where Boris stands that he's on holiday and the rest of the country is gripped in a crisis – he's flying back, he's not sure if he's got the hundred but in his mind...
A return to Mr Johnson might prove popular with the Tory membership, having recently polled the best out of all potential replacements for Ms Truss. But it would be highly contentious in the rest of the country with scandals like Partygate and his handling of allegations against Chris Pincher still fresh in many minds.
Speaking on Tonight with Andrew Marr on LBC on Wednesday, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer – who is demanding an election now the Tories are picking the UK's third PM in a year – said: "I would invite him to dust off and reread all the resignation letters that he received in July, because all of his colleagues wrote saying how unfit he was for office and they couldn't serve him any longer.
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