Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Returns To UK Amid Rumors He Will Run For Leader

 

Daily Mail: Is Boris about to push the button? Ex-PM 'is locked in talks' over No 10 bid as his former chief of staff Steve Barclay and Brexit guru Lord Frost back rival Rishi Sunak (while Johnson loyalist Nadine Dorries tweets with delight that 'the boss is back') 

* Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has landed at Gatwick Airport after returning from his Caribbean holiday 

* Senior Tories are urging former PM Boris Johnson to meet his estranged Chancellor Rishi Sunak in person 

* It is understood Mr Johnson would be willing to meet Mr Sunak to thrash out a deal to govern together * One Tory source said the 'two greatest talents' of the Conservative Party need to join forces to heal the party 

* Latest figures from Conservative Home put Mr Sunak at 112 backers, Mr Johnson at 54 and Ms Mordaunt at 22 

* It comes as Penny Mordaunt became the first candidate to officially enter the race for the Tory leadership 

Boris Johnson is 'locked in talks' over a No 10 bid as his former chief of staff Steve Barclay and Brexit guru Lord Frost back rival Rishi Sunak, while loyalist Nadine Dorries tweets with delight that 'the boss is back'. 

The former Prime Minister landed back in the UK from his Caribbean holiday just after 10am this morning, leaving Gatwick Airport in a separate car to his wife Carrie and their children as the nation waits for his statement on the race for Number 10, after he said he is 'up for it'. 

His return to the country was welcomed by former secretary of state Nadine Dorries, who said on Twitter: 'The boss is back. 

The man who broke the Brexit deadlock, delivered the first Covid vaccine, supported Ukraine when no one else would. The one person Labour fear the most is Boris Johnson #BringBackBoris.'  

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WNU editor: The party leadership does not want him back. 

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Returns To UK Amid Rumors He Will Run For Leader  

Live: Sunak set to enter race, as Johnson returns to UK -- BBC  

Tory leadership live: Rishi Sunak passes threshold of 100 supporters as Lord Frost says party ‘must move on’ from Boris Johnson -- The Guardian  

Johnson returns to UK amid rumors he will run for leader -- AP  

Boris Johnson arrives back in Britain to attempt rapid political comeback, article with gallery -- Reuters  

Johnson arrives back in UK amid leadership race -- DW  

Boris Johnson return would restart Partygate ‘soap opera’, says Raab -- The Guardian

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