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Boris Johnson may have a "window of opportunity" for a political comeback two years after the next general election, according to a top journalist and author.
Tim Shipman, author of new book Out which covers the Brexit years, said those close to Mr Johnson believe the best chance could come at that point.
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He said if the Tories lose the election and a new leader is failing to turn things around for the party it could spark calls for a return by the former prime minister to take on Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
Asked about the prospect of a comeback by Mr Johnson, Mr Shipman told GB News: "The people around him would say at the moment he's making lots of money, he's very passionate about Ukraine, he's off doing things he's interested in, he's in no rush to return.
"I think the scenario in which they imagine that might become a possibility is not straight after the general election or even before it.
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"But if you get a new leader in who tries for two years, either from the One Nation wing or from much further to the right, we all assume it will be someone further to the right that will take over after the election.
"If that person is failing 18 months, two years down the line, the clarion calls at that point for where's the guy who won us some elections.
"That's the moment where if it is at all possible that it looks like that's the window of opportunity and that he could come back in and try and take on Starmer at an election in five years' time."
There has been ongoing speculation about Mr Johnson's political future since he was forced out of No 10 and quit Parliament.
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He hinted that he had unfinished business in his farewell speech from No 10 with a reference to Roman leader Cincinnatus who turned to farming after leaving Rome but then returned to power.
And Mr Johnson promised "I'll be back" in a direct message to Daily Express readers when he stepped down as Uxbridge and South Ruislip's MP last year following a "witch hunt" probe into partygate.
Mr Johnson led the Tories to a landslide general election victory in 2019.
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