‘Never write him off’: Boris Johnson tipped for comeback with Tories ‘in terrible state’
Boris Johnson: Conservatives 'want him to come back' says Nelson
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Mr Johnson resigned as Prime Minister last month, with Foreign Secretary and former Chancellor Rishi Sunak – whose resignation was seen by many as the final blow – vying to replace him in Number 10, until which time the Tory MP for Kensington and Chelsea continues in the role in a caretaker capacity. However, many with the party would sooner he remained in the post, and a petition organised by the Conservative Post website has now been signed by more than 10,000 party members.
As you know, I stuck with Boris until the end and I think the Conservative Party is in a terrible state, but we have to look forward now
Baron Moylan
Baron Moylan, formerly Daniel Moylan, was Mr Johnson’s chief airport adviser when he was Mayor of London, and was appointed to the House of Lords in 2020.
He admitted he had not spoken to Mr Johnson “in the last couple of weeks” – but added: “I think it was terrible.”
He explained: “As you know, I stuck with Boris until the end and I think the Conservative Party is in a terrible state, but we have to look forward now.
Nevertheless, asked about the possibility of Mr Johnson making a sensational political comeback, Baron Moylan added: “Life is full of surprises.
“Boris is still a great force with the public and politically, and they underestimate him terribly. Never write him off.”
Baron Moylan believes when judged on policy, it is Ms Truss who has the edge.
“And Rishi Sunak seems to me to be pointing in the wrong direction, and that’s my disagreement with him.
“I don’t have a disagreement with him about any of these personal attacks.
“But he just seems to me he’s been pointing in the wrong direction.
“We all have to see if she becomes Prime Minister is, is she going to deliver – but she’s at least starting in the right place.”
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Baron Moylan played down the fact that Ms Truss, the Tory MP for South West Norfolk, campaigned against Brexit prior to the 2016 referendum.
He said: “I’m confident she’ll follow through but we’ll see.”
Referring to the collective nickname UK civil servants, whom Brexiteers have in the past accused of trying to derail the process of leaving the EU, he added: “We’ll have to see, not because she was a Remainer but there’s a huge Whitehall “blob” that will try and stop her.
“It’s not just what does Liz Truss wants to do.
“She has to overcome ‘the blob’, that wants to stop her.”
A YouGov poll of nearly 5,000 Britons published on Thursday indicated that while both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss were considerably unpopular with the public as a whole, Mr Sunak has a significant edge over his rival among swing voters.
Net favourability scores (the percentage of people saying they have a ‘favourable’ opinion of someone minus the percentage telling us they have an ‘unfavourable’ opinion) currently stand at -30 for Mr Sunak and -32 for Ms Truss among GB adults as a whole.
While both candidates are significantly less unpopular than current Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, who stands at -45, they are considerably more unpopular than Labour leader Keir Starmer (-18).
YouGov interviewed 4,946 GB adults between July 10 and 24.
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