BORIS MULLING OVER PLEAS TO HELP TORIES FIGHT ELECTION

'Now minister joins growing calls for return of a great Tory voice' 

- Sam Lister & Katie Harris

BORIS Johnson is seriously considering making a frontline politics comeback to give the Tories a poll boost.

The former Prime Minister is mulling what role he can play in the future after Rishi Sunak opened the door to a return.

Science minister Andrew Griffith yesterday became the first member of the Government to support a comeback by Mr Johnson, saying: "Boris is a great voice." And another Tory MP insisted the ex-PM would "win us the next election" if he hit the campaign trail.

Mr Johnson issued a direct message to Daily Express readers when he left parliament last year, promising: "I'll be back." His spokesman yesterday "ruled nothing in or out" about what role he could play in the future.

Mr Griffith, a former parliamentary aide to Mr Johnson, praised his former boss's ability to connect with the voters. He said: "The Conservative Government needs strong Conservative voices. We've got a brilliant one in the Prime Minister, but politics is a team game. My background was in business and you only get results by working as a team.

"We have got some real jeopardy at the moment. There is a party [Labour], you have seen their U-turns in the last 24 hours, that builds on many other U-turns.

"The simple truth is they don't have a plan. That could cost the economy dear.