On The 4 O'clock Radio News A 'Friend' Of Bojo Has Stated...

[sandyRoe]

...he has enough support to be a runner in the leadership race.
It's kicking off.

[FatticusInch]

Dorries?

[naomi24]

If he’s only going to be a runner up that’ll be that. Everything in the garden will be rosy.

[jno]

Patel perhaps; she's already offered her support to the only person who'd give her a job.

A semi-up to date list

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-63343308

[THECORBYLOON]

Guido Fawkes is showing he has seventy-eight known supporters at the moment.

[THECORBYLOON]

Apologies, it's seventy-two.

[FatticusInch]

I liked the BBC report earlier that said that some have publicly backed him but some want to remain quiet about it.
Their sycophantic stance reminded me of an ABer who likes to challenge ‘those not prepared to back their own opinions’.
Self-serving parasites with no real interest in serving their constituents.
Party first, country a very distant second.

[Old_Geezer]

It's one thing to claim it, quite another to have it.
Still, here's hoping, eh.

[Gromit]

I expect there will be quite a few MPs who will not vote for any of the candidates for fear of jeopardising their future progression up the greasy pole.
They could be crucial to which candidate(s) do not attract 100 supporters threshhold.

[fender62]

all besides, his green policies are a death knell anyway, open the coal mines and fire up them stations, good jobs and no enenrgy crisis.

[perseverer]

..... and let's not care too much about what happens to our grandchildren, we'll be long gone by then.

[ichkeria]

Rishi Sunak - 125 MPs
Boris Johnson - 53 MPs
Penny Mordaunt - 23 MPs

As predicted, the format effectively makes this an election before the nominations close.

[sandyRoe]

So Bojo and his cronies were telling lies. Who'd have thought that of Cincinnatus?

[ichkeria]

More than a few rumours now that Johnson isn’t going to stand

[pimplyteen]

Boris don't tell lies, he gets some other mug to tell them for him, while he hides away.

[Peter Pedant]

If he’s only going to be a runner up that’ll be that. Everything in the garden will be rosy.

someone has slipped - Fink-right Juice into her tea
or else it needs - - a clarification

BoJo returns, and the lying starts - I dont believe it! Lie-magnet
an appalling return to - what was
ugghhh - - where is the ballot paper

[sandyRoe]

Let's hope that behind all the braggadocio there's an insecure man who would rather not run than be beaten.
Good riddance to him.

[gulliver1]

And even more lies from Boris ,
He ain't got a hundred backers at all .
He is a proven LIAR.

[Peter Pedant]

hooray boris

good old Boris ! there when we need him to sweep out the corrupt load of liar and hangers - time servers
and useless appointees, appointed because they were there and begged for political favours with the previous incumbents

who were appointed by Boris

we get the leaders we deserve