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MICK HUME: Boris is, quite clearly, the only MP with a track record of strong leadership when it comes to big policy issues and the ability to unite his party with an 80-seat majority.
Just weeks after being forced out - and telling the House of Commons: 'Hasta la vista, baby!' - Boris Johnson is shoring up alliances by insisting he is the only candidate who can win an election
The race is on to hit the high threshold of 100 nominations from Tory MPs required to feature on the Tory leadership ballot.
The race is on to hit the high threshold of 100 nominations from Tory MPs required to feature on the Tory leadership ballot.
More than a dozen Conservative MPs and peers threw their weight behind Boris Johnson - who only left office six weeks ago - as the best choice to replace Liz Truss.