Boris Johnson formally resigned as an MP yesterday – but don’t expect theformer PM to throw in the towel any time soon.
After a pretty unedifying slanging match with Rishi Sunak in the press about his resignation honours’ list, Johnson stepped down from his role as the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip. But, Boris wasn’t quite done torpedoing Sunak’s desperate efforts to preserve the fragile Tory peace since becoming leader last Autumn.
Speaking to the Express last night, Boris couldn’t resist taking yet another swipe at the current No. 10 operation. He thanked readers for their ongoing support and declared:
‘We must fully deliver on Brexit and on the 2019 manifesto. We must smash Labour at the next election. Nothing less than absolute victory and total Brexit will do.’
Presumably such a Brexit is different to the deal he negotiated in 2019 which the DUP dubbed a betrayal. Undeterred, Johnson concluded in his sign-off note: ‘And as the great Arnold Schwarzenegger said, I’ll be back.’ Mr S can’t quite work out if that’s a threat or a promise. This from a man who signed off in the Commons last summer with the words ‘hasta la vista baby.’
In what form would such a comeback manifest itself? A new seat for the now former MP? A peerage to sit alongside Evgeny Lebedev, Charlotte Owen and Ross Kempsell in the Lords? Or will he just be satisfied with hurling more mud at Rishi from the sidelines?
Boris might fancy himself as the time-travelling Tory terminator capable of changing the future, but altering the past is rather more difficult. Currently his political career appears terminated but will there be a sequel? Stay tuned for more…
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