He couldn’t, could, he? He might. Boris Johnson, who political anoraks will recall was prime minister until last month, is said to be considering a return to the top job. The Times’s Steven Swinford is reporting that Johnson believes it to be in the “national interest”.
The things is, if Conservative Party members get to have the final say, as is now expected, Johnson would need only to finish in the top two amongst MPs in order to reach that membership stage, at which point he would be a shoo-in. To be blunt, this could happen a week tomorrow.
