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Boris Johnson would “relish” a general election campaign role for the Tories, a close ally has said.
Tory MP Conor Burns said he hoped the charismatic former prime minister, who led the Conservatives to a landslide victory in 2019, would hit the campaign trail to keep Labour's Sir Keir Starmer out of No 10.
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He told GB News: "Anyone who's ever been out on a walkabout or in fact just walking between meetings with Boris Johnson sees he's a superstar and we need that.
“He said it himself, the mandate of 2019 in very many ways was a very personal mandate, he still feels very strongly about levelling up, he feels very strongly about making sure we take the full benefits of Brexit.
“He was not exactly complimentary in many of the despatch box exchanges to Sir Softie, Captain Hindsight, whatever the various things he called him.
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“I think he would relish the opportunity to play a part in making sure Keir Starmer doesn't get to Number 10.”
He added: “You never know from one day to the next what view Boris will take but my hope, as someone whose name will be on a ballot paper in the autumn, is that we have all our stars, including Boris, on the pitch.”
Asked if a comeback was likely, the former Northern Ireland Minister said: “Boris is doing amazing work on Ukraine currently, which is extremely important, beyond the in and outflows of day-to-day politics.
“What's going on Ukraine, if we let Ukraine down and Putin wins, the risk to us in the years decades ahead is immense. Boris is rallying support.
“I nearly saw him a couple of weeks ago in New York where he was rallying the American Republicans on this trying to get them to see the strategic importance of this. I hope a role will be found for Boris in that election campaign.”
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On whether Mr. Johnson still blames Rishi Sunak for his demise, Mr Burns said: “A lot of people now look back on that period and realise that people were out to get Boris from day one.
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“A lot of people never forgave Boris for the fact that leave won the referendum…and they were determined to get him.
“They got him, but he is still out there, a big beast in the Tory Party and I want to see all our players on the field.”
It comes after Downing Street insiders told the Express earlier this year that there has been a thaw in relations between Mr Sunak and Mr Johnson and they would “welcome” him on the campaign trail.
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