Boris Johnson tells Tories: ‘I’ll save the party from wipeout’
Boris Johnson is privately urging Conservative MPs to back him for a dramatic return to Downing Street with a pledge that only he can win the Tories the next election.
The former prime minister is pressing Rishi Sunak to reach out and get back together in a remarkable olive branch after their public falling out at the top of government.
Mr Sunak was pulling narrowly ahead of Mr Johnson among Tory MP nominations on Thursday night in a bid to claim the leadership victory he missed last month.
Liz Truss quit on Thursday after just 44 days in Number 10, accepting the near total collapse of support among colleagues and becoming the shortest serving prime minister in British history.
In an 89-second resignation speech in Downing Street, Ms Truss admitted: I cannot deliver the man...