Could Boris make a triumphant return in style of Trump?

IS BRITAIN ready for the return of Boris Johnson? When one new MP mentioned recently the exprime minister was planning to give up his lucrative new life to return to politics, I was sceptical.

- Sam Lister

But then another very wellconnected Westminster veteran of a different political disposition spontaneously brought up a Johnson comeback soon after.

"Boris thinks he can be the British 45th and 47th," my source insisted - referring to Donald Trump's positions in the list of US presidents.

"He has been turning up to lots of events and meetings. It's been noticed. He wants to come back. He has also always looked at Churchill and is waiting for his moment." Despite being the most electorally successful Tory leader since Thatcher, the chaotic end to his premiership should make a return impossible. Johnson quit before a Commons investigation into so-called Partygate was published.

Always "pro-cake and proeating it", slices of birthday sponge-shared in No 10 during Covid-proved to be the beginning of his downfall.

Johnson was fined by police because the drinks and nibbles laid out in the Cabinet room to be scoffed to mark his 56th birthday before official business began were deemed enough to make it a party.