Wallace suggests he would back Johnson as he rules himself out of race for No 10

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has signalled he would throw his weight behind Boris Johnson to succeed Liz Truss as Prime Minister as he ruled himself out of the Tory leadership race.

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[Richard-pecx]

the last person this country needs back is boris does the muppet not realise it was the tory party that got rid of him we need a general election now

[nicolaisacc]

I always thought a high forehead was a sign of intelligence how wrong was I

[rowancrew]

That was a narrow escape this two faced article was originally in the running for PM and promoted as a man of integrity.

[willie-whistleblower]

In his book "Snippets", Nathan Boot describes Boris Johnson as 'the only man in English history who has managed to fool all of the people all of the time'. This was written before Mr Johnson was shown the door of 10 Downing Street. Is he about to kick the door in and fool the people again? Have the Johnsons chosen their new wallpaper and bought (or borrowed !) Wilfred a new swing?

[voyager]

First bad Call I've heard this guy make, pity... 👎 👎