BORIS VOWS TO CAMPAIGN ON 'GREAT' BREXIT FREEDOMS

BORIS Johnson will hit the campaign trail to protect the "hard won and great" Brexit freedoms he secured with his election victory.

- Sam Lister

The former Prime Minister is a Tory "through and through" and is happy to put his skills to "good use", according to allies.

Rishi Sunak wants to pull together with Mr Johnson to fight off the election threat from Labour.

The ex-PM is ready to campaign in key red wall seats for the good of the party after consistently disappointing polls for the Tories.

A source close to Mr Johnson said: "Boris would campaign Conservative for the whoever is leader.

Party "He will set out the case against Starmer and spell out how the election victory was won with the agenda of 2019 and then delivering the hard-won Brexit freedoms." The source added: "If the Tory party do want to make use of Boris's skills, he will, of course, put them to good use."

Downing Street insiders said there has been a thaw in relations between the two and they would "welcome" him on board.