Boris Johnson flies back to Britain to launch possible political comeback - CNN

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Boris Johnson flew backmost into London connected Saturday morning, possibly hoping his accomplishment astatine Gatwick Airport would people the opening of a triumphant instrumentality to 10 Downing Street.

Johnson, who was ousted arsenic premier curate successful July implicit a bid of scandals, arrived successful the UK from his Caribbean vacation intending to articulation the race to regenerate Liz Truss arsenic premier, Britain’s PA Media quality bureau reported allies arsenic saying.

Johnson told UK commercialized curate James Duddridge that helium was “up for it,” PA reported. He indicated helium volition tally successful the enactment contention contempt the information that helium is inactive nether parliamentary probe implicit allegations helium lied to lawmakers.

Truss resigned connected Thursday, conscionable six weeks into her disastrous word that pitched Britain heavy into governmental and economical turmoil. Her successor volition beryllium the 5th PM to pb the state since it voted for Brexit successful 2016.

Former Home Secretary Priti Patel connected Saturday became connected of the astir high-profile supporters of Johnson successful his quest to go PM. “Boris has the mandate to present our elected manifesto and a proven way grounds getting the large decisions right,” she said successful a tweet.

But his possible instrumentality to the apical occupation has divided opinions wrong the Conservative Party, with galore lawmakers horrified astatine the imaginable of a 2nd Johnson premiership.

Even his erstwhile lawman premier curate and overseas caput Dominic Raab told the BBC, “we cannot spell backwards” and pointed retired that Johnson faces a probe into the alleged partygate ungraded into amerciable gatherings successful Downing Street.

The erstwhile PM is expected to look successful the adjacent fewer weeks earlier the Commons Privileges Committee which is investigating whether helium misled Parliament implicit the parties, which could perchance spot him suspended oregon expelled arsenic an MP.

Graham Brady, person of the 1922 Committee, which represents rank-and-file Conservative members of parliament, said the caller PM volition beryllium chosen by adjacent Friday. He said the candidates to regenerate Truss volition request astatine slightest 100 nominations from the party’s MPs by 2 p.m. section clip Monday. The threshold efficaciously narrows the tract of imaginable candidates to a maximum of three.

If lone 1 campaigner meets that threshold, they volition automatically go leader. Otherwise, an online ballot of enactment members volition adjacent connected Friday October 28.

If helium tin get the required fig of supporters, Johnson volition articulation erstwhile Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, who has already reached the threshold, Britain’s PA Media quality bureau reported Friday.

Sunak, who mislaid retired to Truss during the last circular of the erstwhile enactment contest, has yet to formally state his candidacy. CNN has reached retired to Sunak’s representatives for comment.

Penny Mordaunt, the Leader of the House of Commons, has besides thrown her sanction into the ring. Mordaunt came 3rd successful the past enactment election, conscionable down Truss and Sunak.