LONDON — Out of power for a matter of months, comeback king Boris Johnson is once again being touted as the new leader of the governing Conservative Party and…
The man who was forced to quit as prime minister in July, brought down by some of the very lawmakers he now hopes will rally around him, is, according to Conservatives and a former aide, taking soundings to see if he has the support to return.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“Like Cincinnatus, I am returning to my plow,” he said, in front of the door of Number 10 Downing Street. For others, he is a liability, a man whose flaws were brutally exposed during his time as prime minister when colleagues in his Downing Street office broke COVID-19 rules by partying when the rest of Britain was under a strict lockdown.Article contentWhen Johnson left Downing Street, his aides said he was going to embrace a quieter life, no longer being “public property” and able to make more money by going on the speaker circuit.
On current indications, he is trailing his former finance minister, Rishi Sunak, who some Conservatives blame for triggering the rebellion which brought Johnson down.Article content There is one factor Johnson cannot escape – he is under investigation by parliament’s Privileges Committee to establish whether he lied to the House of Commons over the lockdown-breaking parties. If ministers are found to have knowingly misled parliament, they are expected to resign.
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