Boasts and bitterness: how Boris Johnson’s bid to return as PM fell apart
by Rowena Mason and Aubrey Allegretti from World news | The Guardian on (#652M8)
Supporters taken aback by decision not to stand after scramble to build campaign
I would think twice. Having been led up to the top of the hill and then back down all the way again. Twice now," says one Boris Johnson backer, Michael Fabricant, about the idea of supporting him again.
Fabricant was one of Johnson's many supporters among Tory MPs who were taken aback by the announcement at 9pm on Sunday that he was not standing to be Tory leader.
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